Much Ado dissects Shakespeare line by line
Schoolchildren are introduced to Shakespeare as literature, which might not be the best idea. I slogged through King Lear in college, and then again this summer on behalf of my book group.…
Today is Thursday, June 18, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Holly Cruikshank Kerry Butler Mara Hobel Juan Chioran Brian Benben Carol Kane Linda Thorson Paul McCartney Elizabeth Franz Jack O'Brien George Hearn Roger Mollien Michael Blakemore Ethel Winter Richard Boone Sammy Cahn Dick Foran Avon Long E. G. Marshall Ray Bauduc Keye Luke Louis Alter Dink Trout Philip Barry Maurice Schwartz Ernie Adams Mary Alden Thais Lawton Edmund Breese Erin Davie Marsha Garces Williams Mike Ockrent Irving Jacobson