Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Philippa Gregory’s first play tries to exonerate Richard III, with mixed results
History is very present in Philippa Gregory’s new play about Richard III. Literally - History is a charac…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:12AMSunday, April 14, 2024
CROOKBACK DICK REIMAGINED Saving Richard III from Shakespeare’s calumny seems to have a particular appeal to women: probably because around his accession in the 1480…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:41AMThursday, April 11, 2024
At Universal's CinemaCon presentation for Wicked—the blockbuster musical's two-part film adaptation—Game of Thrones alum Peter Dinklage was revealed to be voicing the character of Dr. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMSunday, March 17, 2024
Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotHistorical novelist Philippa Gregory has fun reframing the notorious Richard III and the women in his life in her first play
From a hole in the stage, a v…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMThursday, March 14, 2024
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot In novelist Philippa Gregory’s telling, the much maligned king reveals a more human side amid rather too much exposition
If you wanted to invent a fun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMWednesday, March 6, 2024
Tony and Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and Tony and Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal are set to star in a 2025 Broadway revival of Shakespeare’s Othello, directed by Kenny L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMSunday, March 3, 2024
More than 500 years after his death, the monarch most reviled by Shakespeare is still courting controversy – over whether non-disabled actors should ever be cast in the role, and with a ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMSaturday, March 2, 2024
Readers reflect on the deep impact that some scenes on stage can have on their mental health
Re Arifa Akbar’s article (We go to the theatre to feel something – and people do. Trigger war…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMFriday, February 16, 2024
Now available on STRATFEST@HOME: Richard III 👑
Charismatic, cunning and utterly ruthless, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Colm Feore) is the very embodiment of lethal ambition as he maneuve…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:42AMTuesday, February 13, 2024
The night before seeing Edward Hall’s stylish, arresting—but not totally convincing—production of Richard III at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, I finally caught up with Danai Gurira’s …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:17PMDirector Edward Hall and actor Katy Sullivan discuss the unique qualities that the Paralympian brings to one of Shakespeare's iconic roles.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:15PMYou don’t come to “Richard III” for history—you come for spectacle and gore, and Chicago Shakespeare delivers.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, February 8, 2024
Cara Ricketts has performed countless juicy roles in some of the greatest works written in the English language: Portia in Julius Caesar, Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Celia in A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:48AMFriday, February 2, 2024
The Tony-nominated Cost of Living star becomes the first woman with a disability to take on the role in a major U.S. production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AMThursday, February 1, 2024
Michelle Terry will play historical king in new Shakespeare production
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:42AMWednesday, January 31, 2024
Michelle Terry, who is also the Globe’s artistic director, says she will not alter her physicality for role
The artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe has pushed on with playing Richar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMKaty Sullivan will be the first woman with a disability to play the title role in a major U.S. production of Shakespeare’s “Richard III.”
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As the Globe faces accusations of ‘cripping up’ with a new production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, disabled theatre-makers explain why the role should not be open to all
‘I felt really …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMThursday, January 25, 2024
Disabled actors respond to the announcement that Michelle Terry, the Globe’s artistic director, will be taking up the role
The announcement of a summer production of Richard III at Shakesp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMThursday, January 11, 2024
Stratford Festival's 2022 production was directed for the stage by Antoni Cimolino and for film by Barry Avrich.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMWednesday, January 10, 2024
An Enemy of the People, Amy Herzog's new adaptation of the Ibsen play, directed by Sam Gold, has its complete cast. Performances begin at the Circle in the Square Theatre on February 27 wit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AMThursday, January 4, 2024
Coming soon to STRATFEST@HOME: Richard III 👑
Charismatic, cunning and utterly ruthless, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Colm Feore) is the very embodiment of lethal ambition as he maneuvers…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:24PMMonday, January 1, 2024
If you can’t get tickets to his Macbeth, Tennant’s acclaimed prince of Denmark is online, along with a spectacular take on three Shakespeare plays by Ivo van Hove
Binge on Shakespeare’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMThursday, December 14, 2023
Michael Blakemore, the actor, writer and Tony Award-winning director, died on December 10, following a short illness. He was 95.
The director of acclaimed productions in the U.K. and the U.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PMThursday, November 30, 2023
Katy Sullivan will play Shakespeare’s "crook-backed" king in what is believed to be the first major U.S. production of Richard III to feature a woman with a disability in the title role.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMThe Tony-nominated Cost of Living star will play the title role, the first woman with a disability to do so in a major U.S. production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMTwo-Time Tony Winner Frances Sternhagen Dies, Katy Sullivan to Play Richard III, Alex Newel Sings ‘Meadowlark’ “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMWednesday, November 29, 2023
Chicago Shakespeare Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for William Shakespeare’s Richard III. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMTuesday, November 28, 2023
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
In the early 1960s Bill Kenwright and I were both in the National Youth Theatre. His broad Merseyside accent provided a high point during our production of Richard III. It’s hard to do pho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMSunday, October 22, 2023
Bob Shuman I can add colours to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages, and set the murderous Machiavel to school. Can I do this, and cannot get a crown? Tut, were it f…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:14PMFriday, October 20, 2023
Haydn Gwynne, celebrated stage actress of both Broadway and the West End, died on October 20 morning after a brief battle with cancer, according to a statement by producer Cameron Mackintosh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:49PMMonday, July 31, 2023
The historical novelist’s first play looks again at the ‘panto villain’ image of the king reviled by Shakespeare
There is one king who simply will not lie down quietly and stay in the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:13AMMonday, July 10, 2023
If last year was “The Summer of Richard III,” with numerous productions worldwide and varying portrayals of the “poisonous bunch-backed toad,” including The Public Theater’s Free S…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 02:12PMTuesday, July 4, 2023
A disco king hits the dancefloor, Beatrice and Benedick’s romcom gets a feminist framing and Lear faces dystopia as the revered rep company returns in full force
Drive west of Toronto for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AMSunday, July 2, 2023
On today’s episode, Grace Aki chats with Delaney Feener and Pamela Sabaugh who are currently playing Richard and the Duchess of York/Stanley respectively in New York Classical Theater’s …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00AMTuesday, June 27, 2023
“To Kill a Mockingbird”
For 65 years Richard Thomas has been a working actor, first making his Broadway debut when he was …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:53PMThe New York Classical Theater adaptation, playing in New York’s city parks, feints toward novelty but offers little in the way of originality.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:25PMWednesday, June 21, 2023
Although Shakespeare lived almost entirely under the reasonably stable reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the machinations and murders of previous princes, from Richard III to Henry VIII and all th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:07AM