Photo Flash: First Look at Justin Deeley in Waterfall-Set MACBETH at Serenbe Playhouseby BWW News Desk - June 29, 2017Serenbe Playhouse, recipient of the prestigious American Theatre Wing grant, and recently honored with the most Suzi Bass Awards for a musical in Atlanta (Miss Saigon), presents MACBETH, by William Shakespeare. Directed by Amy Holtcamp with original music by GRAMMY nominee John Burke, the show opened on June 22nd and runs to July 9th. MACBETH is being produced at The Waterfall in Serenbe. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below! JULIUS CAESAR, Set at All-Girls High School, Hits NYC Tonightby BWW News Desk - June 23, 2017Pocket Universe presents a new, all-female production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, starring Alyssa May Gold (Arcadia on Broadway, Middle of the Night) as Brutus, Dea Julien (West Side Story 1st Nat'l Tour, Blueprint Specials) as Julius Caesar, Violeta Picayo (BEDLAM's Sense & Sensibility, RadioBABEL) as Mark Antony, Madeline Wolf (Fun Home on Broadway, Normativity) as Cassius, Miranda Cornell (Alter Ego, #Blessed) as Casca, and Amie Tedesco (Lemon Sky, Any Day Now) as Lucius. All other roles will be played by members of the company. The production will run through July 8, 2017 at the Access Theater Gallery Space. Opening night is tonight, June 23. HAMLET Gets Diverse, Dynamic Staging by Freehold's Engaged Theatreby BWW News Desk - June 22, 2017The genius of Shakespeare's plays is their ability to resonate in every age. The timelessness of HAMLET combined with Freehold's Engaged Theatre productions' intentionally dynamic and diverse staging means that any human can see a reflection of some part of themselves in the story, the characters, the music or movement. OSF's Play on! Project to Present Reading of JULIUS CAESARby BWW News Desk - June 21, 2017The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Play on! project, which has commissioned 36 playwrights to translate Shakespeare's plays into contemporary modern English, will present a staged reading of Shishir Kurup's translation of Julius Caesar on Sunday, July 9 at 1:30 pm at the Mountain Avenue Theatre at Ashland High School. Photo Flash: In Rehearsal for Shakespeare & Company's CYMBELINEby BWW News Desk - June 21, 2017Shakespeare & Company presents Shakespeare's Cymbeline, directed by Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer. This tale of love and passion, produced for the first time on the Company's Mainstage, runs in the Tina Packer Playhouse from July 4 to August 6, 2017. The production also marks a personal milestone for Packer, who, after opening her production of Cymbeline, will have directed all 37 plays in the Shakespeare canon. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below! Hartford Stage's BREAKDANCING SHAKESPEARE: AS YOU LIKE IT Adds Benefit Showby BWW News Desk - June 21, 2017Hartford Stage, in conjunction with the Greater Hartford Arts Council's Neighborhood Studios, has announced performance dates for this summer's Breakdancing Shakespeare: As You Like It. Four performances will be held at Hartford Stage Thursday, August 3, through Saturday, August 5, which will include a special benefit performance. COMEDY OF ERRORS to Launch Long Island Shakespeare Festivalby BWW News Desk - June 19, 2017June 29th marks the opening of the 18th annual Long Island Shakespeare Festival on the Selden campus of Suffolk Community College. Laughter will take center stage for 2 weeks as they present their production of William Shakespeare's COMEDY OF ERRORS. All seating for this production is FREE. The free performances are underwritten by the Suffolk County Community College Association as a gift to Long Island. Photo Flash: First Look at Robert Sean Leonard in The Old Globe's KING RICHARD IIby BWW News Desk - June 17, 2017The Old Globe presents the first offering in the 2017 Summer Shakespeare Festival: William Shakespeare's epic King Richard II, helmed by award-winning director Erica Schmidt (Off Broadway's A Month in the Country, All the Fine Boys, Humor Abuse) in her Globe debut. The play will run now through July 15, 2017, in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Opening night is tomorrow, June 18, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at Robert Sean Leonard and the company in action below! Photo Flash: First Look at Young Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT, Opening Tonight!by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2017For its 9th season, Young Shakespeare, Austin Shakespeare's teen company, will transform Richard Garriott de Cayeux's outdoor Curtain Theater (7400 Coldwater Canyon Drive) into the Forest of Arden for a production of the romantic comedy As You Like It. Featuring auditioned actors performing Shakespeare's beautiful poetry, As You Like It will run Thursdays through Sundays at 8 pm, tonight, June 15, through June 25, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below! Simon Godwin's MEASURE FOR MEASURE Begins This Weekend at TFANAby BWW News Desk - June 15, 2017Theatre for a New Audience presents Simon Godwin's (Associate Director, London's National Theatre) Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare's dark comedy about justice, faith, power, sex and family. Measure for Measure is the first time Godwin is directing Shakespeare with an American company. The production runs this weekend, June 17, through July 16 at Polonsky Shakespeare Center (262 Ashland Place) in the Brooklyn Cultural District.
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