Today in 1935, Romeo and Juliet opened at the Martin Beck Theatre. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.
On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, Tony Award winner Roger Rees will perform his one-man show, What You Will in a special appearance at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF. Rees replaces Brian Bedford, who, due to scheduling conflicts, will be unable to perform his one-man show, The Lunatic, The Lover and the Poet, as previously announced.
On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, Tony Award winner Roger Rees will perform his one-man show, What You Will in a special appearance at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF. Rees replaces Brian Bedford, who, due to scheduling conflicts, will be unable to perform his one-man show, The Lunatic, The Lover and the Poet, as previously announced.
Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) has announced a new theatre company, Theatre Royal Brighton Productions, which will present classic drama both on tour and in the West End, under the Artistic Direction of Christopher Luscombe, with Associate Directors Maria Aitken and Philip Franks.
It's one of the most well-known stories of all time, and according to USA Today, Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' is getting yet another make-over. Comic book legend Stan Lee is busy recreating the classic tale in the form of a graphic novel, which will be released on November 30.
A portrait miniature of the 18th century actress Margaret "Peg" Woffington by the artist James Ferguson, is one of the highlights of the Fine Portrait Miniatures sale on the 25th May at Bonhams, Knightsbridge and is estimated to sell for £1,500- 2,500.
From the 2009 Canadian Fringe Festivals - Toronto, Victoria, Edmonton and Vancouver - BEST OF FRINGE winner, Gemma Wilcox makes her Houston debut in The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over. Wilcox, originally from London, portrays 20 characters in this award winning humorous, poignant, captivating tale of love and letting go.
From the 2009 Canadian Fringe Festivals - Toronto, Victoria, Edmonton and Vancouver - BEST OF FRINGE winner, Gemma Wilcox makes her Houston debut in The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over. Wilcox, originally from London, portrays 20 characters in this award winning humorous, poignant, captivating tale of love and letting go.
From the 2009 Canadian Fringe Festivals - Toronto, Victoria, Edmonton and Vancouver - BEST OF FRINGE winner, Gemma Wilcox makes her Houston debut in The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over. Wilcox, originally from London, portrays 20 characters in this award winning humorous, poignant, captivating tale of love and letting go.
Roger Rees, a 22-year veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), will return to the stage with WHAT YOU WILL, a side-splitting one-man-show that combines the Bard's greatest soliloquies with colorful observations about the acting life and offbeat (and occasionally bawdy) tales of theatrical disaster.
Roger Rees, a 22-year veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), will return to the stage with WHAT YOU WILL, a side-splitting one-man-show that combines the Bard's greatest soliloquies with colorful observations about the acting life and offbeat (and occasionally bawdy) tales of theatrical disaster.
Oliver! breaks all records at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane for the second time this year and takes an astonishing £829,383 for the w/e 31 October (half-term).