William Shakespeare News

The award-winning Boomerang Theatre Company and Artistic Director Tim Errickson, have announced their production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM by William Shakespeare, directed by John Greenleaf (The Acting Company, Steppenwolf, Australian Elizabethan Theatre; Co-founder Shakespeare on the Hudson), as part of the company's 15 years presenting exceptional outdoor theatre. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM will be presented at Central Park (69th Street and Central Park West), June 21 through July 20, 2014. Tickets are free and do not require a reservation. For more information visit www.boomerangtheatre.org.

Richard II by William Shakespeare, presented by Malachite Theatre Company, is playing at St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch between Wed 2nd July and Sat 2nd Aug 2014. Richard II is a story of plotting, intrigue, betrayal and power. Shakespeare's lyric masterpiece, it is a unique production taking place in the stunning site-specific location of St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch.

Philip Lehl and Kim Tobin-Lehl, co-Artistic Directors of Stark Naked Theatre Company, are proud to announce the exciting line-up of plays selected for the theatre's highly-anticipated fourth season.

ON OUR MAINSTAGE PUBLIC AFFAIRS by A. R. Gurney Directed by Lynda McClary (September 19 to October 12, 2014 - no show on Sunday, October 5th) SEMINAR by Theresa Rebeck (Baltimore Premiere) Directed by Steve Goldklang (November 14 to December 7, 2014)

Shakespeare is in Hollywood? Well, he certainly is in Augusta at the Barn Theatre June 10 - 22!

A vacant building on Howard Street, Evanston's first craft brewery and an 18-hole public golf course are sites for the three off-campus productions in the S.I.T.E. Festival, co-presented by Northwestern University's Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts -- formerly known as the Theatre and Interpretation Center. The plays will run through June 7.

Garden Grove's leading source for Shakespeare is back this summer, starting off its 2014 season with William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, June 21-July 19 in The Festival Amphitheater. Directed by Susan Angelo, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows fools and faeries through a romantic romp in which a magical potion forces lovers to fall in love with the wrong person. Set in beautiful Polynesia during the 1700s, SOC's rendition of the popular Shakespearian comedy includes the appearance of Garden Grove's Award-Winning Polynesian Dance Group, Hitia O Te Ra.

Shakespeare is in Hollywood? Well, he certainly is in Augusta at the Barn Theatre June 10 - 22!

Three Day Hangover presents TWELFTH NIGHT or, Sir Toby Belch's Lonely Hearts Club Cabaret, their next immersive Shakespeare event performed in a bar. The first full production of their 2014 Season,TWELFTH NIGHT, written by William Shakespeare and adapted by Beth Gardiner, will be staged at McGee's Restaurant and Pub, 240 West 55th Street (bet. Broadway & Eighth Ave.) in NYC from June 6-30, 2014. Meet the company below!

La violacion de Lucrecia es un espectaculo que se centra en la violencia de genero, tal como lo indica su titulo. Partiendo del poema original de William Shakespeare, la directora y dramaturga Laura Silva decidio contar el transito emocional de una mujer victima de un ataque sexual quien, a partir de un momento y tal como se cuenta en el poema del autor ingles, se descubre embarazada y se debate sobre que hacer frente a ello, ademas del dolor tanto fisico como espiritual que debe sobrellevar a partir de ese entonces.

Garden Grove's leading source for Shakespeare is back this summer, starting off its 2014 season with William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, June 21-July 19 in The Festival Amphitheater. Directed by Susan Angelo, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows fools and faeries through a romantic romp in which a magical potion forces lovers to fall in love with the wrong person.

Earlier this year, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Henry IV Part I was filmed for 'Live from Stratford-upon-Avon,' the RSC program that screens the world's greatest classical theatre company from Shakespeare's home town around the world through a continued partnership with Picturehouse Entertainment. It can be seen in US cinemas from June 3 - July 3. BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you an exclusive clip of the Tavern Scene in Act IV. Check out the full scene below!

Cementing its role as a purveyor of new plays, as a destination for the finest talent in the field, and as an anchor in its Cedar-Riverside Minneapolis neighborhood, Mixed Blood Theatre Company will produce, present, and host 20 theatrical productions in the Alan Page Auditorium of its historic firehouse theatre between August of 2014 and July of 2015.

New Jersey features wonderful theater and music for the summer season. We have selected some of our favorites to share with BWW readers.

Orsino loves Olivia, but Olivia loves Cesario. Only, Cesario is really Viola, and Viola loves Orsino. Mistaken identity, unrequited love, gender bending, fools and bawdy revelry takes the stage in William Shakespeare's best-loved comedy, Twelfth Night, or What You Will, running today, May 30 to June 22 at City Theatre.

We Players, in partnership with the National Park Service / Golden Gate National Recreation Area will present a site-integrated production of Shakespeare's Macbeth at Fort Point, the civil war era fortress located beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. The production previews today, May 30 - June 1, then runs June 5 - June 29, 2014.

Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA), under the artistic direction of Ben Donenberg, returns to The Japanese Garden on the grounds of the VA West Los Angeles Healthcare Center campus for the third consecutive summer with a Los Angeles-centric summer production of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'- directed by Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre alum Kenn Sabberton - for seventeen performances only, July 8, through July 26 (press opening July 13).

The City Theatre Company will kick off the 2014 summer theatre season with William Shakespeare's wonderful romantic comedy Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Romance, wit, merriment, masquerades, and music make it perfect Austin summer fare. Guest director Ben McLemore leads the production with show dates May 30 - June 22, 2014 at City Theatre.

As the summer months heat up, so do the Columbus stages. Check out BWW's top 5 picks that the whole family can enjoy without breaking the bank this summer: