William Shakespeare News

The Bickford Theatre, 6 Normandy Heights Road in Morristown, NJ, opened its New Jersey Premiere production of The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane on Friday, January 21.

?Chicago Shakespeare Theater's (CST) Funk It Up About Nothin'-an exuberant 'hip-hoptation' of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing-thrills audiences Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare and closes February 13, 2011, before embarking on an Australian tour from February 23 through April 2, 2011.

Philadelphia Theatre Company's production of RACE, directed by Scott Zigler will close on February13 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Broad and Lombard Streets).

Buck Creek Players (BCP), the award-winning all-volunteer community theater on the southeast side of Indianapolis, is proud to announce their 37th season of quality theater, From Page to Stage. Linked to a literary work, each production in the season will bring the characters to life from the written page to the playhouse stage as BCP presents six entertaining productions for the coming year!

Pittsburgh Public Theater is proud to present its 17th Annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest, open to area students in grades 4 - 12.

The Dallas Opera's 2010-11 season revolves around "Dangerous Desires," a theme of romantic drama and political intrigue, and the February 11-27 production of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette in the celebrated Winspear Opera House presents that most iconic story of love and conflict, starring two vocal up-and-comers, Russian soprano Lyubov Petrova and New York-born tenor Charles Castronovo.

Let the games begin! Following up on their hysterical-yet-concise romps through the works of William Shakespeare, Reduced Shakespeare Company returns to NJPAC Feb. 11-13th with The Complete World of Sports (abridged).

The Dallas Opera is pleased to announce the five darkly dazzling operas that comprise the company's 2011-12 season in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center. With opening night on Friday, October 21, 2011, the 55th international season - "Tragic Obsessions" - will showcase compelling works by Donizetti, Janacek, Wagner, Verdi and Mozart, and will include an outstanding Dallas opera-in-concert, important debuts and some of the company's most renowned productions. Each opera will feature the superbly talented Dallas Opera Orchestra and Dallas Opera Chorus and will be performed in its original language, with English translations projected above the stage at every performance. Exclusive subscriber extras include "A Cabaret Evening with Patricia Racette" and a fun-filled family concert starring soprano Ava Pine and the Dallas Opera Orchestra.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) brings two of the world's finest theater companies to Chicago audiences this spring with back-to-back productions for the World's Stage Series.

Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced principal casting for the Globe's 2011 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes) will offer post-show discussions following select performances of TIMON OF ATHENS, the inaugural production of Public LAB SHAKESPEARE featuring Richard Thomas in the title role.

Join celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy as she marks the culmination of the 20th Anniversary Season of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends, with a very special evening on Sunday, April 17th (8:30PM) at the legendary cabaret hot-spot Feinstein's at Loews Regency (540 Park Avenue @ 61st Street).

John Leguizamo, returning to Broadway this year with his new solo play GHETTO KLOWN for a 12-week engagement beginning previews on February 21 and opening on Tuesday March 22 at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street), met the muse behind one of his newest YouTube videos, the star of the infamous 'Greatest Freak Out Ever' video. Luguizamo parodied the video, and later arranged to meet the original viral sensation. View the meeting below!

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents William Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET, directed by Shana Cooper, at the University Theatre (222 York Street) March 11-April 2, 2011.

David Kennedy, Westport Country Playhouse associate artistic director, has been named to direct the 2011 season opening production, "Beyond Therapy" by Christopher Durang, announced Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

Due to extraordinarily high demand, Lantern Theater Company announces a one-week extension of A Skull in Connemara by acclaimed Irish playwright Martin McDonagh.

The American Conservatory Theater Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program presents Dario Fo's political comedy Archangels Don't Play Pinball, translated by Ron Jenkins, with assistance from Gloria Pastorino, and directed by A.C.T. Head of Movement and Physical Theater Stephen Buescher.

RED SHARK PRODUCTIONS and WHITE RABBIT THEATRE are pleased to present William Shakespeare?s MACBETH, directed by Andrew Rothkin.

The Storm Theatre presents ARRAH-NA-POGUE, OR, THE WICKLOW WEDDING, an Irish drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault from March 4 - April 2, 2011 at The Theatre of the Church of Notre Dame, 114th Street and Morningside Park (one block from Columbia University).