William Shakespeare News

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF William Shakespeare (abridged) {revised}, the longest running comedy in London's West End, was written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield and will be directed by Rod Rich of Actors Comedy Lab. It will be performed in Raleigh Little Theatre's Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre located at 301 Pogue Street in Raleigh on September 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 & 29 at 8 pm and on September 16, 23 & 30 at 3 pm. The price of admission is $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors.

Michael Attenborough's production of William Shakespeare's King Lear is playing at the Almeida Theatre until 3 November 2012, with press night 11 September. Designs are by Tom Scutt with lighting by Jon Clark and sound and music by Dan Jones. The Almeida's production of King Lear is part of the World Shakespeare Festival. The festival, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company for London 2012, will showcase the best of the UK and international creative talents, exploring the contemporary relevance of Shakespeare. Below, get a first look at Jonathan Pryce as King Lear with the rest of the cast onstage!

upstart crow collective presents an all-female production of Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy, Titus Andronicus tonight, September 6th to October 7th, 2012 at the Lee Center for the Arts on Capitol Hill. From the same team that brought you the popular and critically-acclaimed all-female King John in 2006, their newest production brings together some of Seattle's most respected female classical actors, who rarely get to meet each other onstage within Shakespeare's work.

Mesa Arts Center presents William Shakespeare's LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST tonight, September 6-22, 2012, with shows at 7:30pm and Saturday matinees, at the Nesbitt/Eilliott Playhouse. Tickets are on sale now from $12.50 - $33.50.

Burning Coal Theatre Company has just announced its new season of plays for the coming 2012/2013 season including BRIGADOON and RUINED.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company (TSC), the Mid-South's professional classical theatre, presents the 'excessively fun-loving side of its namesake' with the wildly popular stage comedy, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield from September 20 - October 7 in the Poplar Pike Playhouse in Germantown, TN.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) has selected Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham as the 2012 recipient of The William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre(Will Award). Abraham will be honored at the Harman Center for the Arts Annual Gala hosted by STC at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW) on Monday, October 15, 2012. This year's Gala will be inspired by Shakespeare's great characters.

Construction of the Human Heart, a bold and imaginative play by award-winning Australian playwright Ross Mueller, directed by Brendan Naylor, will receive its U.S. premiere at the Access Theater, 380 Broadway, with previews beginning tonight, September 5, at 8pm and opening Friday, September 7, at 8pm. Performances continue through September 16.

Arkansas Repertory Theatre presents William Shakespeare's HENRY V tonight, September 05, 2012 - September 23, 2012. Avery Clark returns to The Rep as Henry V after his stunning turn in Hamlet in 2010.

Wandering Bark Theatre Company and Jack Sharkey present THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov, in a new translation by Graham Schmidt, directed by Christopher Diercksen and produced by Joseph Mitchell Parks, Valerie Redd and Jack Sharkey. The show will run tonight, September 5-15, 2012, at The Secret Theatre.

Theatre Tulsa presents William Shakespeare's HAMLET, October 26 - November 4, 2012. For tickets and more information, visit: http://www.theatretulsa.org/current-season/

Artistic Director Les Waters and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein have announced the cast and creative team for Actors Theatre's 2012-2013 season opener Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. This high-octane and energetic contemporary retelling of one of the greatest love stories ever told features a dynamic cast of thirteen, a stellar team of designers and is directed by Louisville native and Drama Desk nominee Tony Speciale. Romeo and Juliet plays only 30 performances in the Pamela Brown Auditorium at Actors Theatre of Louisville as part of the Brown-Forman Series.

Writers' Theatre will open its 21st Season with William Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Artistic Director Michael Halberstam, and featuring Scott Parkinson (Hamlet), Shannon Cochran (Gertrude), Michael Canavan (Claudius), Timothy Edward Kane (Laertes), Larry Yando (Ghost and As Cast), Ross Lehman (Polonius), Kareem Bandealy (Horatio), Liesel Matthews (Ophelia), Julian Parker (Rosencrantz), Witold Huzior (Fortinbras) and Billy Fenderson (Guildenstern). The production runs tonight, September 4 - November 11, 2012 at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court in Glencoe.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (abridged) {revised}, the longest running comedy in London's West End, was written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield and will be directed by Rod Rich of Actors Comedy Lab. It will be performed in Raleigh Little Theatre's Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre located at 301 Pogue Street in Raleigh on September 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 & 29 at 8 pm and on September 16, 23 & 30 at 3 pm.

With a national ranking and a plethora of talented young artists, the School of Theatre is presenting a season that will be sure to impress and captivate audiences of all ages. This year's shows explore various aspects of life that we encounter every day: passion, love, fear, greed, deceit, and so much more. The School of Theatre at Florida State has an enthralling season in store for 2012-2013.

PULP SHAKESPEARE, a "Best of Fest" winner at the 2011 Hollywood Fringe Fest, has been selected to be presented in the 2012 FringeNYC Encores Series. Out of the 187 productions in this year's FringeNYC Festival, PULP SHAKESPEARE is one of just fifteen chosen for an encore performance. Performances begin September 19 at the Soho Playhouse.

The Eagle Theatre, located at 208 Vine Street in Hammonton, NJ, has released details of its 2013 season. This announcement comes on the heels of several recent successes, including the theatre's 18 Perry Award Nominations, as well as news of a major funding package from the Rural Development office of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Comedian Jeremy Elwood is taking to the stage at The Court Theatre in the world première of new play THE SLAPDASH ASSASSIN. Elwood trades a microphone for a handgun in an Irish comedy 'as black as a pint of Guinness'.

The city's newest theatre company, Metachroma Theatre is Montreal's only independent theatre company of professional actors of colour; an important new addition to the local arts scene, contributing to the Canadian theatre landscape as a whole. They present their inaugural production, William Shakespeare's great history play, Richard III, from Sept. 19-30 at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, directed by Joel Miller. The production features some of Montreal's top actors, along with talented guest artists. The Segal Centre team is looking forward to this Metachroma Theatre production, kicking off a great season.

Broadway veteran Randall Duk Kim will lead the cast in the new "Great Authors Our Loud Series" which will launch by Centenary Stage Company this fall with a free staged reading on September 16th at 3 PM of Moliere's Tartuffe.