Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Artistic Director Steven Maler, have announced the cast and creative team for William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, starring the great Shakespearean actor John Douglas Thompson in the role of Prospero.
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 White Pearl - a fast-paced, millennial comedy coming to Sydney Theatre Company in July and touring to Brisbane, Parramatta and Canberra.
As we edge ever closer to a return to in-person events at Seattle Center, June offers a vast variety of online options. They include cultural festivals, classical music and dance, varied cinema and theater, virtual classes and workshops and more.
Live theatre is coming back to Staten Island. After a year of remote virtual performances, Sundog will offer outdoor performances of the comedy “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)” beginning June 19.
As our region and the world transition from a time of isolation to a return to public gathering, Seattle Center is just beginning to dip our toes into the notion of in-person events. As Seattle Center heads into the summer season, many activities on the grounds will resume. Here are things to do on campus and online this Summer at the Center.
Leading the slate on June 1st is Tony Award winner John Cameron Mitchell's vibrant rock odyssey film Hedwig and The Angry Inch and On the Town, starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin as three fun-loving sailors who have 24 hours of shore leave in New York City and want to make every second count.
Tennessee Shakespeare Company today was announced as one of only four professional regional theatre companies to receive both the Shakespeare in American Communities-Schools grant and Shakespeare in American Communities-Juvenile Justice grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest.
When two young actors challenge -and, indeed, even dare - two older actors to suddenly present a speech or monologue on a crowded street full of passers-by, interesting things can happen. The result?: Darryl Maximilian Robinson performs Rudyard Kipling's 'If' on Sunset Blvd In Hollywood!
Arts Midwest today announced the recipients of $1.17 million in Shakespeare in American Communities grants, with $1 million going to 40 professional theater companies partnering with schools, and $170,000 going to 10 organizations partnering with facilities in the juvenile justice system.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association has announced details of the 2021 summer season at The Ford, marking the return to live in-person performances at the historic venue. From July 30 through October 31, the upcoming season is the venue’s first under the stewardship of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.
Karen Ascoe will be joining the previously announced Oliver Ford Davies (Graham Greene) and Stephen Boxer (Kim Philby) as Rufa Philby.
New dates have been added to Original Theatre Company's first live stage production since March 2020. The UK Tour of Ben Brown's new political drama, A SPLINTER OF ICE, will open on 8 June in Malvern and will tour until 31 July, with extra dates in York and Cambridge.
The 24 Hour Plays has announced a special Cincinnati edition round of The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues, which they will host in partnership with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and featuring brand-new monologues written, rehearsed and recorded in 24 hours by 12 actors and playwrights.
'Namedropping in the Wings' is intended as a lighthearted memoir of how someone in his early twenties with no technical knowledge or training whatsoever became celebrated as a sound expert. It began when a very green 17-year-old got a job in a small London theatre where the artistic director was a young Peter Hall, the genius who went on to found the Royal Shakespeare Company.'
Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s moving contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy – King Lear is a tender, violent, and intimate exploration of old age portrayed in all its vulnerability, pride, folly and wisdom.
It was exactly one year ago at this time that a lone, veteran Shakespearean actor, ventured out into the streets of the Lincoln Heights neighborhood to present a speech from the works of the immortal bard that he believed reflected the times we were living through.
In the Shadow of Tragedy: Artistic Responses to a Traumatic Year will be presented via Zoom and on Facebook LIVE on Thursday, May 27th at 7 pm as the final event of Elm Shakespeare Company's free, online series, Building a Brave New Theater: Holding Space and Giving Voice.
The company will present The Adventures of Pericles, a family-friendly, 90-minute version of William Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre, directed by CSC Resident Director Matthew R. Wilson.
Darryl Maximilian Robinson joined veteran entertainment journalist and host Ron Brewington to discuss public theatre performance, politics, systemic racism, The Covid-19 Pandemic and The Oscars during his third appearance on 'The Actor's Choice'.
The African-American Shakespeare Company was to begin streaming its colorful new production of Twelfth Night on May 17, but due to technical/production delays will be rescheduled; new dates TBA.
