Portia News

Interview: David Melville on Directing Shakespeare's Gritty Political Thriller JULIUS CAESAR

by Shari Barrett — July 9, 2023

Given recent events and political drama, including propaganda used to sway the public, nothing should surprise modern audiences when it comes to politics.

Eden Espinosa, Alison Pill, Asmeret Ghebremichael & More Join Williamstown Theatre Festival Programming

by Chloe Rabinowitz — July 6, 2023

Williamstown Theatre Festival has revealed the lineup for the WTF Cabaret, a cabaret series curated in partnership with Tony Award nominee and Festival mainstay Christopher Fitzgerald.

Pop Shakespeare: SOMETHING ROTTEN! A Hilarious Celebration of Musical Theatre Opens in Brazil

by Claudio Erlichman — July 5, 2023

Something Rotten! is a musical comedy set in 1595.

Amber Iman, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Annie Golden & More to be Featured in Williamstown Theatre Festival Readings

by Chloe Rabinowitz — June 29, 2023

Amber Iman, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Annie Golden and more will be featured in Williamstown Theatre Festival's Fridays@3 reading series.

SOMETHING ROTTEN! Comes to Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre

by Stephi Wild — June 28, 2023

Something Rotten! has made its way to Grand Lake and is opening at Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre this Saturday! The story of two brothers setting out to write the first musical, Something Rotten! is a hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway.

Surflight Theatre's Presents SOMETHING ROTTEN!, July 11-30

by A.A. Cristi — June 23, 2023

Surflight Theatre has announced that they will be continuing their 2023 Season with the hilarious musical comedy, Something Rotten!

Kate Burton & More to Star in DIAL M FOR MURDER at Westport Country Playhouse

by Chloe Rabinowitz — June 22, 2023

Westport Country Playhouse will stage a new adaption of the classic suspense thriller of blackmail and revenge, “Dial M for Murder,” July 11 through July 29.

Grace Gummer, Mamie Gummer & Louisa Jacobson to Star in THREE SISTERS at Williamstown Theatre Festival

by Chloe Rabinowitz — June 22, 2023

Additional cast and creative team members have been revealed for the 2023 Williamstown Theatre Festival summer season’s Main Stage Reading Series.

Shakespeare Workshoppe Presents Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR

by Stephi Wild — June 22, 2023

Set in the ancient city of ROME- under the burning stars on a backyard terrace, and proceeding into a plush interior for intimate scenes, join us for a night of Shakespeare to remember.

BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY Comes to Weston Theater Company

by Stephi Wild — June 21, 2023

Weston Theater Company takes audiences for a musical ride chronicling Buddy Holly’s rise to fame in BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY, playing June 28 - July 16 at The Playhouse stage.

Jen Cody, Max Crumm & More to Star in SOMETHING ROTTEN! at Sharon Playhouse

by Chloe Rabinowitz — June 20, 2023

Sharon Playhouse will present the Playhouse premiere of the musical comedy Something Rotten by John O’Farrell, Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick.

Jersey City Theater Center to Celebrate Pride With Documentary Screening and Developmental Reading

by Blair Ingenthron — June 18, 2023

In honor of Pride, Jersey City Theater Center will present the Jersey City debut of the documentary Strength Through Visibility: 20 Years of Pride in Jersey City in partnership with Jersey City LGBTQ+ Pride Festival (Jersey City Pride) and a developmental reading of new musical entitled HEAVY HEAD.

Raymond Coulthard and Hannah Morrish Join Tracy-Ann Oberman in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 1936 UK Tour

by Stephi Wild — June 9, 2023

Casting has been announced for a ground-breaking new production which transports one of Shakespeare’s most enduring classics to 1930’s Britain – The Merchant of Venice 1936 - which will embark on a UK tour this Autumn, beginning at the RSC’s Swan Theatre from Thursday 21 September.

Shakespeare's PRISONS Comes to TheaterLab

by Stephi Wild — June 6, 2023

Smoking Mirror Theatre Company, dedicated to producing Shakespeare's plays in the New York City area, announced that it will present the pre-Off-Broadway engagement of Shakespeare's Prisons: Tales of Conscience and Illusion, June 15 - 18, as a (TLab Shares Hosts) guest production at Theaterlab.