The Staples of Shakespeare: Gender-Bending from TWELFTH NIGHT to 'VERONA'
by BWW Special Coverage
- Nov 10, 2013
TWELFTH NIGHT and RICHARD III, starring the Tony-winning, incomparable Mark Rylance, have adopted a creative leniency with the characters' gender - though Shakespeare's staple to command his characters to don the garb of a member of the opposite sex, for reasons interwoven in love and lust, greed and vengeance, is a common thread running throughout his romantic repertoire.
BWW Reviews: THE MISANTHROPE In Rep at Rocky Mountain High School
by Teresa Rodrick
- Nov 1, 2013
I was invited to review THE MISANTHROPE written by Moliere performed by the students of Rocky Mountain High School. They did something different this year, they have two casts and did the play in two different styles. One cast performed the play in 1910's style of acting and the other cast performed it in the modern style.
Wagner College to Stage ROMEO AND JULIET, 11/13-24
by Tyler Peterson
- Oct 29, 2013
'Romeo & Juliet,' Shakespeare's popular romantic tragedy of two star-crossed lovers, opens on the Wagner College Theatre's Main Stage on Nov. 13 for a two-week run. It's a timeless story of young passions caught between the feuding Capulet and Montague families.
Michigan Shakespeare Festival to Tour MACBETH, ROMEO & JULIET, 11/4-5/30
by Tyler Peterson
- Oct 23, 2013
The Michigan Shakespeare Festival is proud to announce the opening of their 2013/2014 Touring Performances. From November 4, 2013 through May 30, 2014 the MSF tour will perform Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet for high schools, libraries, community organizations, and senior centers throughout Southern Michigan, Northern Indiana and Northern Ohio. Adapted and directed by award-winning MSF Artistic Director Janice L. Blixt, productions run approximately 100 minutes and are available for booking at any time throughout the year. Tickets are $8.00 per?person with a minimum of 150 audience members per show (teachers, chaperones and organizers each receive a complimentary ticket).
STAGE TUBE: GLEE's Lindsay H. Pearce Sings 'Everybody's Free' at Rockwell Table & Stage
by Stage Tube
- Oct 18, 2013
Lindsay Pearce is best known for being one of the runners-up on The Glee Project, which gave her a recurring role on the Fox TV show GLEE. In the third season premiere of Glee, Pearce was introduced as Harmony, an ambitious and talented singer who awes characters Kurt and Rachel when they watch her and her group sing a mash-up of 'Anything Goes' from the musical Anything Goes and 'Anything You Can Do' from the musical Annie Get Your Gun. Click below to watch her sing 'Everybody's Free' at Rockwell Table & Stage in LA!
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of CSC's ROMEO & JULIET
by Walter McBride
- Oct 17, 2013
Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive DirectorGreg Reiner, presents Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, starring Elizabeth Olsen as Juliet and Julian Cihi as Romeo, directed by Tea Alagic, and opened last night, October 16. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below!
Three Day Hangover Extends R+J: STAR-CROSS'D DEATH MATCH Through 11/23
by Tyler Peterson
- Oct 11, 2013
After a sold out, two-week run and rave reviews, Three Day Hangover is extending R+J: Star-Cross'd Death Match, their Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare drinking theatrical extravaganza performed in a bar with audience participation. Nine additional performances will be held at Quinn's Irish Pub (formerly Harley's Smokeshack), 356 West 44th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10036 from November 7-23, 2013. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm.
Barry University to Present ROMEO & JULIET as Part of '450 Years of Shakespeare' Event, 10/23-27
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 9, 2013
Barry University Presents: 450 Years of Shakespeare (1564-2014), a two week collaborative celebration of the work of the world's most famous writer with presentations of Music, Art, Literature, Film and Theatre, culminating in the Department of Fine Arts production of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, directed and adapted by Antonio Amadeo and John Manzelli.
Photo Coverage: THE NORTH CHINA LOVER at Lookingglass
by Robert Diamond
- Oct 1, 2013
Kicking off its 26th Season, Lookingglass Theatre Company presents the World Premiere stage adaptation of Marguerite Duras' The North China Lover, translated byLeigh Hafrey and adapted and directed by Ensemble Member Heidi Stillman. The North China Lover runs September 25 - November 10, 2013 at Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside Chicago's historic Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave. at Pearson. You never forget your first lover. The affair plays like a moving picture over and over in your mind: passionate, consuming, secret, taboo.
ASP Opens ROMEO & JULIET Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 2, 2013
Actors' Shakespeare Project (ASP) will open its 10th Anniversary Season with a new production of Shakespeare's universal and timeless love story Romeo & Juliet tonight, October 2 - November 3, 2013
Asolo Rep's 2013 New Stages Tour of ROMEO & JULIET Kicks Off Today
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 1, 2013
Asolo Repertory Theatre presents its 2013 New Stages Tour, an FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training production of Romeo & Juliet, adapted from the play by William Shakespeare. This 45-minute version includes post-show discussions at each performance. As its fourth touring season begins, New Stageswill travel to schools and community organizations across the state of Florida. Last year, over 18,000 audience members were reached throughout the state, with 60 performances at 45 venues. This new adaptation of Romeo & Juliet by Lauryn E. Sasso and Dmitry Troyanovsky, and directed by Troyanovsky, will embark on a two month tour beginning today, October 1, 2013. Performances can be scheduled by contacting the Education and Outreach staff at Asolo Rep.
Classic Stage Company's ROMEO & JULIET Begins Previews Today
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 28, 2013
Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, presents Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, starring Elizabeth Olsen as Juliet and Julian Cihi as Romeo, directed by Tea Alagic, and beginning previews today, September 28 at 3 pm, one day later than originally scheduled. The official press opening is set for Wednesday, October 16.
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