All posts tagged "shakespeare"
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“Romeo and Juliet” at Unexpected Stage (Review)
Unexpected Stage's elderly Romeo and Juliet is a bit retiring
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Much Ado About Nothing at Synetic (Review)
Another in Synetic Theater’s Silent Shakespeare series, the dance-musical interpretation of Much Ado About Nothing is a clever, outside-the-box extravaganza. A pastiche of 1950s musical...
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MacSequel: Dunsinane (Review)
A contemplation on Macbeth, David Greig's Dunsinane offers reflection on modern global conflicts
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Review: Folger Shakespeare Theatre’s “Julius Caesar”
Folger's production of the Bard classic is meticulous, captivating, and a fitting tale to retell in Washington
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Sunday Afteroon at the Museums
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: TOURING THE GLOBE FOR 75 YEARS A collection of 43 artifacts, including photographs, costume sketches, posters and a short film of clips,...
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The Free For All aims to bring Shakespeare to everyone
“It has all the elements of a great night at Shakespeare mashed into one,” Alan Paul says of The Winter’s Tale, whose hard-to-characterize plot incorporates...
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Folger Theatre Toasts Its Legacy with Lynn Redgrave Tonight
Twenty-two years ago the Folger Shakespeare Library invited the late, great actress Lynn Redgrave to share anecdotes from her Shakespeare-steeped family, led by her father,...
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Shakespeare as Summer Sizzler
This is not hyperbole: Much Ado About Nothing reflects Joss Whedon's skill as a director as much as it celebrates Shakespeare's timeless words. (Blasphemy, you...
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Heart of Darkness
Adapting an adaptation, The American Century Theater puts an intelligent and provocative spin on Orson Welles's Voodoo Macbeth, itself a radical interpretation of Shakespeare's Scottish...
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Back to the Bard
''Elizabethan London and contemporary Washington, D.C., probably have more in common than any two other cities,'' says Ethan McSweeny. It's because of that link that...
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Which Shakespeare play is your favorite?
// Read our interview with Michael Kahn, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre
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Review: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Two Gentleman from Verona at Shakespeare Theatre Matters of the heart take a rather bloody turn in director P.J. Paparelli's vision of Shakespeare's comedy The...
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Much Ado: “The Bard done right”
Wince you might at the idea of Much Ado About Nothing rendered as a 1930s screwball comedy set in Cuba, but the concept — and...
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A Giddy Thing
Wince you might at the idea of Much Ado About Nothing rendered as a 1930s screwball comedy set in Cuba, but save the potential wrinkles....
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Set to Stun
Christopher Henley photographed by Julian Vankim on Friday, Sept. 10 Going to a Washington Shakespeare Company performance at the Clark Street Playhouse was always something...
