William Shakespeare News

This December, the Armonk Players present William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Christine DiTota with musical staging by Christine Gavin.

This December, Marin Theatre Company continues its 48th Season with a presentation of Reduced Shakespeare Company performing their The Complete History of Comedy (abridged), starring writer/directors Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, with Dominic Conti. The "Bad Boys of Abridgement" will leave no joke untold as they deconstruct the entire history of comedy in a dizzying night's entertainment.

Online sketch comedy group The Tin Can Brothers hit the stage with their newest live show, SERIOUSLY. NOT A JOKE., on December 11, 12, and 13 at the ACME Comedy Theatre in Hollywood. This sketch show marks the group's west coast debut following sold out performances in Chicago this summer.

Jobsite kicks off the new year with one of the Bard's best-loved comedies, a hilarious tale of mistaken identities, lovesickness and ribald revelry. William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night plays Jan. 8 - Feb. 1, 2015, in the Shimberg Playhouse at the Straz Center where Jobsite is resident theater company.

Abridged, musicized, revised and revolutionized—Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents an innovative version of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] in the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre by adding a fourth actor to the frequently popular three person production. The raucous and rambunctious performance, originally conceived by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, unbridled opening night audiences with laughter for the evening.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) continues its 2014-2015 mainstage season with one of William Shakespeare's late masterpieces,The Tempest. STC Affiliated Artist Ethan McSweeny, following his imaginative production of A Midsummer Night's Dream two seasons ago, applies his flair for visual panache to The Tempest, in which sprites, goddesses and fools hold court. The Tempest will play at the Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW) from December 2, 2014-January 11, 2015.

The State Theatre Company of South Australia is presenting a modern setting of William Shakespeare's Othello, directed by Nescha Jelk, to close their 2014 season.

Louis Viljoen's new play, a dark psycho drama entitled THE PERVERT LAURA, opens at The Little Theatre in December.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) celebrates the holiday season with THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) [REVISED]. Ray Jivoff directs this literary romp featuring Chris Klopatek, Rick Pendzich, Chase Stoeger and Marcus Truschinski. The cast of MCT favorites are also all alumni of the UW-Whitewater theatre program. Performances are November 19 - December 14, 2014 at the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.

From a blind date that resets at the ring of a bell to three chimpanzees writing the first draft of a Shakespearean play, there is madness for all tastes as the Hilberry Theatre Company presents All in the Timing by David Ives. This production will feature eight of Ives' one-act plays, and will be performed in repertory -- opening tonight, November 21, 2014 and running through January 31, 2015.

This holiday season, The New Orleans Museum of Art and The NOLA Project present their eighth collaboration, bringing a classic story to bold new life in the museum's Great Hall. In December, the award-winning, independent theatre company will transform NOMA into the mysterious land of Illyria in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night; or, What You Will.' The Bard's comedy tells the story of a pair of ill-fated twins who have been shipwrecked and must journey through a maze of strange surroundings and quirky characters to find their way back to one another.

Inspired by both titles of William Shakespeare's popular, musical comedy, Tennessee Shakespeare Company (TSC), the Mid-South's professional classical theatre, continues its seventh season of plays with a turn-of-the-century musical hall production of Twelfth Night, or What You Will.

Tickets are now on sale for R+J, the new play offering a contemporary continuation of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. The play, written by internationally produced playwright Erin Breznitsky and directed by New York Madness Directing Company Head Roxy MtJoy, runs at The Paradise Factory (64 E 4th St) now through November 23.

The John W. Engeman Theater has announced the cast and creative team for the musical adaptation of the iconic holiday classic - A CHRISTMAS STORY - THE MUSICAL. Performances begin tonight, November 20th at 8:00pm and run through January 4, 2015.

PlayMakers Repertory Company announces that due to popular demand the theater has added a holiday performance to the schedule of its hit production "Into the Woods." The Thanksgiving Weekend performance will be on Saturday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m.

The Harold Clurman Lab Theater, the professional wing of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting New York City and the Art of Acting Studio Los Angeles, is proud to announce its 2015 season: Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, directed by Tom Oppenheim, will open on February 5th, 2015 in New York; a contemporary play directed by Don K. Williams, will open Janaury 22nd, 2015 in Los Angeles; Macbeth by William Shakespeare, directed by Don K. Williams, will open in May of 2015 in Los Angeles; a world premiere of a new play, developed by the Harold Clurman Playwrights Division, will open in June of 2015 in New York; and Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, directed by Tom Oppenheim, will open in September of 2015 in New York.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) celebrates the holiday season with THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) [REVISED]. Ray Jivoff directs this literary romp featuring Chris Klopatek, Rick Pendzich, Chase Stoeger and Marcus Truschinski. The cast of MCT favorites are also all alumni of the UW-Whitewater theatre program. Performances are tonight, November 19 - December 14, 2014 at the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.