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Review Roundup: CYMBELINE Opens at Shakespeare in the Park
by Review Roundups - Aug 10, 2015


The Public Theater presents CYMBELINE, the second show of The Public's Free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte. Directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan and starring Hamish Linklater as Posthumus Leonatus/Cloten and Lily Rabe as Imogen, Cymbeline runs through Sunday, August 23, with an official press opening tonight, August 10. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Shakespeare in the Park's CYMBELINE Opens Tonight at the Delacorte
by BWW News Desk - Aug 10, 2015


The Public Theater presents Cymbeline, the second show of The Public's Free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte. Directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan and featuring the previously announced Hamish Linklater as Posthumus Leonatus/Cloten and Lily Rabe as Imogen, Cymbeline runs through Sunday, August 23, with an official press opening tonight, August 10. The Public began the Free Shakespeare in the Park season with THE TEMPEST.

TV: Watch Highlights from Shakespeare in the Park's CYMBELINE, Starring Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater & More
by Tyler Peterson - Aug 4, 2015


The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park continues with CYMBELINE, which began performances on Thursday, July 23, and runs through Sunday, August 23, with an official press opening on Monday, August 10. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the cast in action below!

Photo Flash: First Look at Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater and More in CYMBELINE at Shakespeare in the Park
by BWW News Desk - Jul 28, 2015


The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park continues with CYMBELINE, which began performances on Thursday, July 23, and runs through Sunday, August 23, with an official press opening on Monday, August 10. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Shakespeare in the Park's CYMBELINE Begins Tonight at the Delacorte
by BWW News Desk - Jul 23, 2015


The Public Theater presents CYMBELINE, the second show of The Public's Free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte. Directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan and featuring the previously announced Hamish Linklater as Posthumus Leonatus/Cloten and Lily Rabe as Imogen, CYMBELINE begins performances tonight, July 23, and runs through Sunday, August 23, with an official press opening on Monday, August 10.

Photo Flash: Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Raul Esparza & More Prep to Take on Shakespeare in the Park's CYMBELINE
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 8, 2015


The Public Theater will soon stage CYMBELINE as the second show of The Public's Free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte. Directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan and featuring Hamish Linklater as Posthumus Leonatus/Cloten and Lily Rabe as Imogen, CYMBELINE begins performances on Thursday, July 23 and runs through Sunday, August 23, with an official press opening on Monday, August 10. Check out a first look inside rehearsal below!

Raul Esparza, Patrick Page, Kate Burton & More Join Cast of Shakespeare in the Park's CYMBELINE; Full Company Set!
by Tyler Peterson - May 27, 2015


The Public Theater announced complete casting today for CYMBELINE, the second show of The Public's Free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte. Directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan and featuring the previously announced Hamish Linklater as Posthumus Leonatus/Cloten and Lily Rabe as Imogen, CYMBELINE begins performances on Thursday, July 23 and runs through Sunday, August 23, with an official press opening on Monday, August 10. The Public begins the Free Shakespeare in the Park season tonight, Wednesday, May 27 for THE TEMPEST, featuring Sam Waterston as Prospero.

BWW Reviews: THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE at Yale Repertory Theater
by Karen Bovard - Mar 30, 2015


Yale Rep's production of Bertolt Brecht's classic CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE is very faithful to his intentions as a politically motivated playwright and theorist.

Yale Rep's THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE Begins Today
by BWW News Desk - Mar 20, 2015


YALE REPERTORY THEATRE presents THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE by Bertolt Brecht, translated from the German by James and Tania Stern with W.H. Auden, directed by Liz Diamond, tonight, March 20-April 11 at the University Theatre (222 York Street). Opening Night is Thursday, March 26.

Yale Rep to Present THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, 3/20-4/11
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 27, 2015


YALE REPERTORY THEATRE presents THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE by Bertolt Brecht, translated from the German by James and Tania Stern with W.H. Auden, directed by Liz Diamond, March 20-April 11 at the University Theatre (222 York Street). Opening Night is Thursday, March 26.

Photo Flash: Billy Magnussen, Alan Cumming, Laura Benanti & More Photographed for THE CREATIVE FACES PROJECT
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 20, 2015


TONY, Emmy and NAACP Award winner Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin In The Sun, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Cosby Show), TONY nominee Billy Magnussen (Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike, Disney's Into The Woods), TONY nominee Bryce Pinkham (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, The Heidi Chronicles), TONY, Olivier and Emmy Award winner Alan Cumming (Cabaret, Macbeth, CBS's The Good Wife), and TONY winner Laura Benanti (Gypsy, In the Next Room / The Vibrator Play, ABC's Nashville) have all been photographed by Jason Zeren for The Creative Faces Project. The bi-weekly publication of their individual entries will begin this week, starting with Phylicia Rashad on Thursday, January 22nd on The Creative Faces Project website.

TAMBURLAINE, PARTS I and II Opens this Sunday at Theatre for a New Audience
by Tyler Peterson - Nov 14, 2014


Christopher Marlowe's 1587 epic Tamburlaine, Parts I and II, edited and directed by Olivier Award-winner Michael Boyd and starring John Douglas Thompson, opens Sunday, November 16, at 1:00pm at Theatre for a New Audience, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place.

Theatre for a New Audience Presents TAMBURLAINE, PARTS I AND II, Beginning Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Nov 1, 2014


John Douglas Thompson will lead a company of 19 actors playing 60 roles in the first major New York production since Broadway 1956 of Christopher Marlowe's 1587 epic Tamburlaine, Parts I and II, Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director of Theatre for a New Audience, announced. Directed and edited by Olivier Award-winner Michael Boyd, former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Marlowe's two-part drama will be performed as one 3.5-hour play, plus a 30-minute intermission.

Theatre for a New Audience to Present TAMBURLAINE, PARTS I AND II, Begin. 11/1
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 7, 2014


John Douglas Thompson will lead a company of 19 actors playing 60 roles in the first major New York production since Broadway 1956 of Christopher Marlowe's 1587 epic Tamburlaine, Parts I and II, Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director of Theatre for a New Audience, announced. Directed and edited by Olivier Award-winner Michael Boyd, former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Marlowe's two-part drama will be performed as one 3.5-hour play, plus a 30-minute intermission.

Photo Flash: Kristine Nielsen, Keenan-Bolgers, Kate Mulgrew & More Pose for Creative Faces Project
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 22, 2014


Academy, Emmy and TONY Award winner Ellen Burstyn (Picnic, 'Requiem for a Dream'), TONY Award winner Jefferson Mays (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, I Am My Own Wife), TONY Award nominee Jessica Hecht (King Lear, A View from the Bridge), and New York favorites Tracee Chimo (Lips Together Teeth Apart, Bad Jews) and Steven Boyer (King Lear, Hand to God) have all been photographed for The Creative Faces Project. The weekly release of their individual entries will mark the project's official launch this fall. Current featured artists are listed below.

Jay Armstrong Johnson, Alysha Umphress, Krysta Rodriguez, Natalie Toro and More Set for AFTERLAND, CLOUDS ARE PILLOWS FOR THE MOON at Yale, June 2014
by BWW News Desk - Jun 14, 2014


The Yale Institute for Music Theatre announces the creative teams and casting for the two original book musicals, Afterland, music and lyrics by Benjamin Velez and book and lyrics by Kathryn Hathaway, and Clouds are Pillows for the Moon, music by Tidtaya Sinutoke and book and lyrics by Ty Defoe, which will be developed in an intensive lab setting in New Haven, June 3-15. The Institute culminates with open rehearsal readings of each project, presented as part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, on June 14 and 15.

Jay Armstrong Johnson, Alysha Umphress, Krysta Rodriguez, Natalie Toro and More Set for AFTERLAND, CLOUDS ARE PILLOWS FOR THE MOON at Yale, June 2014
by BWW News Desk - Jun 3, 2014


The Yale Institute for Music Theatre announces the creative teams and casting for the two original book musicals, Afterland, music and lyrics by Benjamin Velez and book and lyrics by Kathryn Hathaway, and Clouds are Pillows for the Moon, music by Tidtaya Sinutoke and book and lyrics by Ty Defoe, which will be developed in an intensive lab setting in New Haven, June 3-15. The Institute culminates with open rehearsal readings of each project, presented as part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, on June 14 and 15.

BWW Reviews: TROUBLE IN MIND at Two River Theater - Excellent and Relevant
by Marina Kennedy - Apr 16, 2014


Two River Theater in Red Bank continues their 20th Anniversary Season with 'Trouble in Mind' a play by Alice Childress. This entertaining production has excellent direction, an outstanding cast and a relevant social theme. Area audiences should put this on their must-see list.

BWW Reviews: A MAN'S A MAN Shows a Young, Idealistic Brecht
by Michael Dale - Feb 2, 2014


CSC revives the abstract anti-war farce penned by a 28-year-old making his first dive into Berlin's post-war artistic renaissance.

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