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Review: CORIOLANUS at Portland Center Stage

by Krista Garver — May 8, 2024

What did our critic think of CORIOLANUS at Portland Center Stage?

CORIOLANUS to be Presented at Portland Center Stage This Spring

by Chloe Rabinowitz — March 15, 2024

From April 20 through May 19, 2024, Shakespeare’s study of political power and folly, Coriolanus, takes the stage at Portland Center Stage.

Review: GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES at Kirkwood Performing Arts Center

by Rob Levy — May 7, 2023

Told in nonlinear time, the play is all about Doug and Kayleen's reconnections and missed opportunities.

Clifton Duncan, Dion Johnstone, Paul Niebanck, and More to Star in THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 6, 2021

RED BULL THEATER today announced the complete cast for the upcoming benefit reading of The African Company Presents Richard III by Carlyle Brown, directed by Carl Cofield, featuring Clifton Duncan, Edward Gero, Dion Johnstone, Paul Niebanck, Antoinette Robinson, Craig Wallace, and Jessika D.

Casting Announced For American Shakespeare Center's Live Holiday Tradition, A CHRISTMAS CAROL

by Chloe Rabinowitz — November 5, 2020

American Shakespeare Center has become a leader in socially distanced theatre, blazing a trail for live performance amid COVID-19 since July 2020.

Virtual Theatre Today: Wednesday, October 28- with Rafeal Casal, Adrienne Warren, and More!

by Nicole Rosky — October 28, 2020

Today (October 28) in live streaming: Rafeal Casal and Adrienne Warren visit Backstage Live, A Very Brady Musical, and so much more!

Virtual Theatre Today: Wednesday, October 21- with LaChanze, Heidi Schreck, and More!

by Nicole Rosky — October 21, 2020

Today (October 21) in live streaming: LaChanze visits Backstage Live, Our America: A Concert for the Soul of the Nation, and so much more!

Virtual Theatre Today: Wednesday, October 14- with Kate Rockwell, Jenn Colella, Chilina Kennedy, and More!

by Nicole Rosky — October 14, 2020

Today (October 14) in live streaming: Kate Rockwell, Chilina Kennedy and Jenn Colella visit Backstage Live, Broadway for Biden hosts a pep rally, and so much more!

Virtual Theatre Today: Wednesday, October 7- with NEXT ON STAGE Season 2, BOYFRIENDS, and More!

by Nicole Rosky — October 7, 2020

Today (October 7) in live streaming: Next on Stage is Back for Season 2, meet the cast of Boyfriends, and so much more!

Red Bull Theater Announces SALON SEMINAR SERIES: EXPLORING OTHELLO IN 2020

by Chloe Rabinowitz — October 5, 2020

RED BULL THEATER today announced the participants for Salon Seminar Series: EXPLORING OTHELLO IN 2020.

BWW Review: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Is A Farcical, Thought-Provoking Delight At Great Lakes Theater

by Roy Berko — April 1, 2019

Photo Flash: Great Lake Theater's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

by Rebecca Russo — March 31, 2019

The only thing that stands between Bianca and a bevy of eligible suitors is her quick-tempered, elder sister Katherina.

Photo Flash: First Look at California Shakespeare Theatre's AS YOU LIKE IT

by BWW News Desk — May 26, 2017

California Shakespeare Theater begins its 43rd Season with Shakespeare's genderbending comedy, As You Like It.

Cal Shakes Opens 2017 Season with AS YOU LIKE IT

by A.A. Cristi — April 26, 2017

Director Desdemona Chiang makes her Cal Shakes debut, infusing Shakespeare's  romantic comedy with the vibrant, complicated, and shifting energy of the Bay Area.

The Shakespeare Forum Presents LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, Beginning 6/13

by Kelsey Denette — May 8, 2013

The Shakespeare Forum with Carolyn S.

Photo Flash: First Look at Blessed Unrest's EURYDICE'S DREAM

by BWW News Desk — April 1, 2013

Blessed Unrest, winner of the 2008 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Production of a Play, presents EURYDICE'S DREAM, the company's newest original piece conceived by Jessica Burr (recipient of the 2011 League of Professional Theatre Women Lucille Lortel Award), and presented at the