J. Barrett News

This Royal Throne of KingsNeill Robertson is having a very good year. After a triumphant turn in Hedwig and the Angry Inch just one month ago, he here presents us with a Richard II that is nothing less than a lesson for us all.

Make 'Em Laugh

The 2017 57th annual Free Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Central Park kicks off its professional season with a comedy, a history, and a tragedy.  The season begins with Much Ado About Nothing on May 31st, then Richard II on June 15th, followed by Julius Caesar on July 29h. Each production will run for two weeks and then all three productions will rotate in repertory July 11-23. All three productions will be performed in a single night starting at 4:30PM on July 22nd for the fourth annual Bard-A-Thon. 

Completing The Shakespeare Canon At Commonwealth Theatre Center

ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU will televise 11 premier games as part of the 2016-17 GEICO ESPN High School Basketball Showcase, beginning Thursday, December 1, when two Tennessee schools – Hamilton Heights Christian Academy and No. 13 Memphis East – face off .

  CBS announced today that it has renewed freshman comedy LIFE IN PIECES for the 2016-2017 season. LIFE IN PIECES is this season's #1 new comedy in viewers (10.53m), adults 18-49 (2.7) and adults 25-54 (3.7).

CBS has given a full-season, 22 episode order to LIFE IN PIECES, television's #1 new comedy.

Bibliomotion, Inc. is thrilled to announce the launch of THE AGILITY SHIFT: Creating Agile and Effective Leaders, Teams, and Organizations by Pamela Meyer, PhD.

CBS FALL PREVIEW, hosted by the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winner Jane Lynch, star of CBS's new comedy series ANGEL FROM HELL, is a primetime special highlighting the Network's five new fall series. It will be broadcast Monday, Sept. 7 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and CBS All Access, the Network's digital subscription service.

It's your last week to vote for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Louisville Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 26th. Voting closes at the end of the year, in under one week!

Time is ticking on your last chance to vote for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Louisville Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 19th. Voting closes at the end of the year!

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Louisville Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 4th.

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Louisville Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 4th.

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Louisville Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 25th.

Louisville's resident classical theater company is getting a new face.

After wrapping three grand mainstage productions that have run over seven weeks, would you believe Kentucky Shakespeare's summer season in Central Park is only half-over? Only thing is, you've got just three weeks to catch the rest.

Kentucky Shakespeare makes a noble, if uneven, go at 'Henry V.'

Kentucky Shakespeare's summer season closes on August 17 with Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company's critically acclaimed "King Lear," starring J. Barrett Cooper, the company's founder, as the titular king. It will be a swan song of sorts, for it will be Cooper's final performance with the company, and in Louisville - at least for the time being.