Reviews

Seeking to give Shakespeare’s character a voice in the 21st century that she traditionally lacks, Woodshed Collective’s Twelve Ophelias only muffles her words and confuses her intentions. In the play,...

Not only are the crowds of the Globe greeted with a less-familiar play, a less-familiar Globe also greets the crowds. An imposing mass of black netting spans the entire area...

When I first heard about the New Globe, I was both excited and a tad confused. Excited, because the plan sounds brilliant. Castle Williams—a fort on New York’s Governor’s Island...

To advertise his debut novel, My Name is Will, Jess Winfield has created a record for the most plays adapted from Shakespeare performed in Brooklyn in one day. In addition...

Shakespeare enthusiasts, and even those of you who just want to find out whatever happened to that dashing yet condescending Brit, Robin Colcord (Cheers), should make a mad dash to...

About a million hyperbolous years ago, a grad school professor I was assisting told me that one of the great tragedies in Romeo and Juliet is the fact that the...

Despite the early start, a healthy crowd of families gather ‘round to see the opening performance of Open Air Theatre’s re-imagination of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, specially adapted to introduce...

A dramatic opening to the play sees a slightly ironic influence by West Side Story as the rival families emerge in 50s dress, carefully choreographed in slow motion. The prologue...

The grounds of London's largest outdoor theatre, hidden in the depths of Regent’s Park, is the ideal setting for a traditional Shakespeare production—twinkling lights, the terracotta stage emerging from the...

A Winter’s Tale is an odd play, esteemed one of Shakespeare’s “Romances” along with Tempest, Cymbeline, Pericles and sometimes Two Noble Kinsmen. Others deem it a problem in its inability...