Capital Classics Theatre Company Presents THE SHAKESPEARE OLDEN GLOBES AWARD SHOW Tonight

Awards for Shakespeare's most popular moments and staged readings of the works of Shakespeare and Mark Twain are just some of the festivities. Capital Classics Theatre Company, in partnership with The Mark Twain House & Museum, presents "The Shakespeare Olden Globes Award Show" tonight, April 23, 2016 - the 400th anniversary of the date William Shakespeare "shuffled off [t]his mortal coil."

"The Shakespeare Olden Globes Award Show" will be hosted by Chion Wolf (WNPR producer,
announcer and photographer) and Jacopo Della Quercia (author of A License to Quill, a page-turning James Bond-esque spy thriller starring William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe).

Following a month-long online voting process on www.VoteShakespeare.com, "The Olden Globes" hosts will announce our community's favorite characters and moments from the works of William Shakespeare...on the 400th anniversary of his death. The evening will also feature members of the Capital Classics Theatre Company performing readings of the winning selections and Shakespeare-themed works by Mark Twain, such as "the Royal Nonesuch" from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Twain's Is Shakespeare Dead?

Everyone is encouraged to place their votes at www.VoteShakespeare.com through March 31 for their picks of Shakespeare's greatest hits. Voting categories include favorite lovers' quarrel, saddest death scene, most evil villain, spookiest ghost and many more. Winners will be announced (and performed
by Capital Classics!) at "The Olden Globes." Sadly, the Bard won't be available to accept his awards.

"The Shakespeare Olden Globes Award Show" will be held in the Mark Twain Museum Center's Lincoln Financial auditorium on Saturday, April 23, 2016 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Audience members of all ages are welcome to join in the celebration. Tickets are $15 for the general public and $10 for MTH members, seniors and students (18 and under). To reserve tickets, call (860) 280-3130 or go online at www.MarkTwainHouse.org or www.CapitalClassics.org for more info. And, remember to vote for your favorite Shakespeare moments and characters at www.VoteShakespeare.com.