Shakespeare & Company News

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre today announced complete casting for its highly-anticipated production of The Thin Place by Obie award-winning playwright Lucas Hnath. 

Centenary Stage Company's production of Meteor Shower by Steve Martin opened this past weekend, and audiences are raving. Performances will run through March 6 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, NJ on the campus of Centenary University.

The Phoenix Theatre will present The Magnolia Ballet by Terry Guest, March 17 - April 10, 2022. Terry Guest is an award-winning Playwright, Actor, Producer, Poet and Teaching Artist based in Chicago, IL.

As Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 enters its final months, the Belgrade Theatre is thrilled to present the world premiere of Nothello, written and devised by Mojisola Adebayo, William Shakespeare and Justine Themen.

After a smash, sold-out run of Twelfth Night last summer, Irvington Theater has once again teamed up with Arts Partner Irvington Shakespeare Company for an in-person production of Ian McKellen's Acting Shakespeare at Mercy College this March 24-27. 

Clamour Theatre today announce Stephanie Martin's Juniper and Jules at Soho Theatre following a successful run at VAULT Festival in 2019. Bethany Pitts directs Gabriella Schmidt (Jules) and Stella Taylor (Juniper) who return to their respective roles.

Who? What? Where? Why? These are the questions I wish the current production of “Hamlet” from Seattle Shakespeare Company had been able to answer but sadly did not. As part of their “Drum & Colours” series, which muddied things even more, this “Hamlet” lacked pacing, intent, interesting or effective staging, and coherence, making this one of the worst productions I’ve ever seen.

For the second year, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) and the Coolidge Corner Theatre are teaming up to take an in-depth look at how some filmmakers have brought Shakespeare's stories to the screen.

A new image has been released for the world premiere of Alexis Zegerman's vivid, new play, The Fever Syndrome.  Directed by Hampstead Theatre's Artistic-Director, Roxana Silbert, The Fever Syndrome will run from 19 March until 23 April 2022. 

Door Shakespeare announces its summer 2022 lineup of The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, and The Three Musketeers: An Adventure, with Music, a play by Joe Pine, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, with music and lyrics by Scott McKenna Campbell. The season runs June 22 through August 27, 2022 on Door Shakespeare's outdoor stage on the grounds of Björklunden in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.

On Monday 28th February at 11am, the Cambridge Theatre London, home of Matilda The Musical, will host World Book Day Live with Matilda and friends a special livestreamed event to celebrate World Book Day's 25th birthday. Long-term partners Roald Dahl Story Company, Royal Shakespeare Company and Puffin are working together to ensure children everywhere can join in the fun.

Centenary Stage Company's production of Meteor Shower by Steve Martin opens February 18 at 8:00 pm. Performances will run through March 6 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center.

White Heron Theatre Company of Nantucket announced today that theatre artist and educator McCaela Donovan will serve as the organization's Director of Training and Education. Donovan's arrival comes as White Heron celebrates its 10th anniversary season and begins an expansion of its educational offerings.

Across the industry last week, two trends have begun to emerge more fully: the first being we continue to have more data on just how bleak things were for the industry over the past two years. The second is that more companies are ready to emerge from that darkness stronger than ever - with new spaces ready to open and new seasons being announced.

From Wednesday 9th March (New Theatre, Cardiff) acclaimed actress, musician, TV presenter and Strictly Come Dancing star Louise Redknapp joins Oliver Farnworth (Dan Gallagher) as his wife, Beth and Susie Amy who takes on the role of Alex Forrest when Kym Marsh concludes her run in the tour on Saturday 5th March 2022.

The old adage 'there's no such thing as bad publicity' will be put to the test in spectacular fashion in Anchuli Felicia King's fast-paced comedy White Pearl, which will finally play STC's Wharf 1 Theatre from March 11 after being postponed twice due to the pandemic.

The old adage 'there's no such thing as bad publicity' will be put to the test in Anchuli Felicia King's fast-paced comedy White Pearl, which will finally play STC’s Wharf 1 Theatre from March 11 after being postponed twice due to the pandemic. The show plays at the Wharf 1 Theatre from until April 23.

The UCSB Department of Theater and Dance will present Spectral Frequencies, a new play devised and directed by our graduate student Jo Palazuelos-Krukowski. A ghostly tapestry of Australian aural dramas brought to life for the stage, Spectral Frequencies is a wondrous amalgam of scary stories showcasing the island continent's rich legacy of twentieth-century horror radio.

The brand-new production, The I's in Relationship, is coming to the stage from 16-19 Feburary, telling a compelling story of the acceptance of differences, falling in love and how opposites attract. Available for view in person with a themed show cocktail, or livestreamed online from the comfort of home!

Actor/cabaret singer Stephanie Trudeau will return to Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, on March 3 at 7:00 PM in the updated version of her docu-cabaret musical, 'Becoming Chavela.'