William Shakespeare News

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Guthrie Director Joe Dowling today announced 14 plays of the Theater's 2011-2012 season. The diversity of productions showcases the full potential of the three-theater complex, offering a balance of the classic and the modern, both in comedies and tragedies, as the Guthrie prepares to celebrate its fifth anniversary in its Mississippi Riverfront building.

David Compton returns to a role he first played almost a quarter-century ago and Rona Carter plays a man who is transformed into an ass in Nashville Children's Theatre's upcoming production of Robin Goodfellow, playwright Aurand Harris' unique take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream. Opening on Tuesday, April 19, Robin Goodfellow runs at NCT through May 15.

Jason Butler Harner joins Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW AN EVENING OF SHAW AND SHAKESPEARE

Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts with the previously announced Gallery 1018 downtown, Player King Productions will now present its inaugural production, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, at Belle Varado Studios/Stage 22 in Silver Lake.

Theatre Memphis will hold a Talk Back session after the April 17th, 2pm matinee production of William Shakespeare's Richard III in the Next Stage at 630 Perkins Ext. The discussion will be of interest to lovers of Shakespeare, History, or dramatic literature. Director Bo List, Actor Greg Boller, who plays the title character, and Michael Leslie, Professor of English at Rhodes College will be available for comments and questions. The Talk Back will be led by Theatre Memphis Artistic Director Kell Christie.

Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts with the previously announced Gallery 1018 downtown, Player King Productions will now present its inaugural production, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, at Belle Varado Studios/Stage 22 in Silver Lake.

Urban Research Theater presents THEATRICALE ~ a tragedy

Theatre in the Round Players (TRP) presents the classic tragedy Hamlet by William Shakespeare in weekend performances March 18 through April 17, 2011.

Join celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy as she marks the culmination of the 20th Anniversary Season of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends, with a very special evening on Sunday, April 17th (8:30PM) at the legendary cabaret hot-spot Feinstein's at Loews Regency (540 Park Avenue @ 61st Street).

The Dallas Opera is pleased to announce the five darkly dazzling operas that comprise the company's 2011-12 season in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center. With opening night on Friday, October 21, 2011, the 55th international season - "Tragic Obsessions" - will showcase compelling works by Donizetti, Janacek, Wagner, Verdi and Mozart, and will include an outstanding Dallas opera-in-concert, important debuts and some of the company's most renowned productions. Each opera will feature the superbly talented Dallas Opera Orchestra and Dallas Opera Chorus and will be performed in its original language, with English translations projected above the stage at every performance. Exclusive subscriber extras include "A Cabaret Evening with Patricia Racette" and a fun-filled family concert starring soprano Ava Pine and the Dallas Opera Orchestra.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey announces their CALENDAR OF EVENTS: April - July, 2011

Beowulf Alley Theatre, at 11 South 6th Avenue, 85701, will hold its 2011-2012 general auditions on Saturday, April 16, at the Theatre. Auditions will be held for our Main Stage productions as well as our other programs.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, is proud to present William Shakespeare's gender-bending, romantic comedy "Twelfth Night" at WICA, 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA April 08 - 23, 2011.

The theatre company has quickly gained a reputation for edgy, professional performances that have audiences laughing one minute and crying the next. Their vision for ‘West Side Story' is no different. The classic musical based upon the ideas of William Shakespeare's ‘Romeo and Juliet' tells the story of the forbidden love between two rival gang members ‘Tony' and ‘Maria', a story that encompasses passion, comedy and tragedy. With well known numbers such as ‘I Feel Pretty', ‘Tonight' and ‘Somewhere', it has thrilled audiences for generations and with Nice Swan's inimitable style the hope is that it will continue to speak to original fans plus a new generation of theatre goers with a promising production this year.

U.S. Theater Premiere REIGEN ad lib- Performed by Dutch theater collective Dood Paard

Local Equity Principal Auditions (EPAs) for Pioneer Theatre Company's 2011-2012 Season will be held on Thursday, May 12, 2011.

Theatre of NOTE continues the celebration of its 30th anniversary with SHOE STORY, written by Ben Snyder and directed by Maureen Huskey.

Urban Research Theater presents THEATRICALE ~ a tragedy

Theatre of NOTE continues the celebration of its 30th anniversary with SHOE STORY, written by Ben Snyder and directed by Maureen Huskey.