Friday, March 31, 2023

The Miser (Official Trailer) | [email protected] by Stratford Festival

Coming to [email protected] on April 1: The Miser. Siblings Eleanor (Alexandra Lainfiesta) and Charlie (Qasim Khan) know that their widowed father, a paranoid old skinflint named Harper (Colm …

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:06PM
Thursday, March 30, 2023

The Cast of The Miser Plays "Most Likely To..." | Stratford Festival 2022 by Stratford Festival

Learn more about the characters from The Miser in this throwback video! Join Jamie Mac, Jakob Ehman and Emilio Vieira in a game of Most Likely To... THE MISER By Molière In a new version b…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:42AM
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Getting Candid: Antoni Cimolino and Colm Feore | Richard III, 2022 by Stratford Festival

Antoni Cimolino and Colm Feore reflect on opening the Tom Patterson Theatre with "Richard III," performing in 360º, and Colm's "actor face" in this candid discussion from our 2022 season. …

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:12PM
Monday, March 13, 2023

Richard III (Official Trailer) | COMING TO CINEMA by Stratford Festival

HIS SUCCESSION PLAN WILL SLAY YOU 👑 Charismatic, cunning and utterly ruthless, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Colm Feore) is the very embodiment of lethal ambition as he maneuvers and murd…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:54PM

1939 (Official Trailer) | [email protected] by Stratford Festival

Coming to [email protected] on March 12: 1939. Anticipating a visit by King George VI, an English teacher at a church-run residential school in Northern Ontario enlists her students in a produ…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:00AM
Monday, February 20, 2023

Hamlet (Official Trailer) | [email protected] by Stratford Festival

Coming to [email protected] on February 20: Hamlet. Prince Hamlet (Amaka Umeh)’s father is dead, poisoned by his uncle (Graham Abbey) who has usurped the throne and married his mother, the Q…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:30AM
Monday, February 6, 2023

Death and the King's Horseman (Official Trailer) | [email protected] by Stratford Festival

Coming to [email protected] on February 9: Death and the King's Horseman. In British-occupied Nigeria, the king is dead, and it is the duty of his horseman, Elesin (Anthony Santiago), to accom…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:02PM
Wednesday, January 18, 2023

National Swing Day | Stratford Festival 2023 by Stratford Festival

It is no secret that we would not be able to do what we do if it wasn't for our incredible swings and understudies. These performers are always on the sidelines, ready to save the show at a …

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:44PM
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Public Theater's Richard III, Starring Danai Gurira and Ali Stroker, Sets PBS Premiere Date by Andrew Gans

The broadcast of the Free Shakespeare in the Park production is part of Great Performances' 50th anniversary season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14PM
Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Cripping Richard III: What Disabled Actors Bring to the Role by American Theatre Editors

Shakespeare's iconic villain has always been disabled, but increasingly the actors playing him---and the productions and adaptations they star in---reflect disability aesthetics and activism.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:16PM
Sunday, January 1, 2023

The best theatre to stream this month: Richard II, All of Us and more by Chris Wiegand

Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl, a festival of mime and a rock’n’roll panto Before she embarked on Bridgerton, Adjoa Andoh starred as Richard …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Filmed Performances from our 2022 Season (Official Trailer) | [email protected] by Stratford Festival

Coming this winter to [email protected]! Start the New Year off right with the filmed performances from our 2022 season. All’s Well That Ends Well, Death and the King’s Horseman, Hamlet, Th…

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:03PM
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

PLUMBING THE DEPTHS OF CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER by Ron Fassler

December 13, 2022: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler The Canadian postage stamp created in his honor.Christopher Plummer was born on this date in 1929. He died in February of 202…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 07:24AM
Friday, December 2, 2022

Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh to explore societal prejudices by playing Richard III by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Bridgerton actor, who will also direct the production, says she wants to talk about ‘body pathologising’ Was Richard III inherently evil? Or was he othered, excluded and pathologised bec…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM
Thursday, December 1, 2022

Curious Kids (Official Trailer) | Kids Corner | [email protected] by Stratford Festival

Curious Kids takes young audiences and their families behind the scenes of the Stratford Festival. This year, our hosts are the young performers from the Festival’s 2022 production of Rich…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:54PM
Monday, October 24, 2022

Public Theater's Richard III, Starring Danai Gurira, Will Air on PBS by Andrew Gans

The broadcast of the Free Shakespeare in the Park production will be part of Great Performances' 50th anniversary season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33PM
Thursday, October 13, 2022

The Cast of Richard III Plays "Two Truths and a Lie" | Stratford Festival 2022 by Stratford Festival

Learn more about the actors who bring the Richard III story to life! Join Ron Kennell, Emilio Vieira, Jamie Mac and André Sills in a game of Two Truths and a Lie. RICHARD III By William Sh…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:33PM
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

GREAT PERFORMANCES Celebrates 50th Anniversary Season With Josh Groban Concert, RICHARD III & More

The season features the premiere of Great Performances: Intimate Apparel, which is available to stream now, and the premiere of Great Performances: Richard III from The Public Theater…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AM

RICHARD III Reads More Like a Cautionary Tale Than Epic Classic by Kim Jackson

Read Kim Jackson's review of Sweet Tea Shakespeare's production of RICHARD III. The post RICHARD III Reads More Like a Cautionary Tale Than Epic Classic appeared first on Beltline to Broadw…

SOURCE: Beltline to Broadway at 01:05AM
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Why Dede Ayite's Latest Award Was Worth the Wait - After a pandemic delay, the costume designer is finally being feted by her peers by Raven Snook

After a two-and-a-half-year delay, the costume designer is finally being feted by her peers at the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards --- How in demand is costume designer Dede Ayite? While interviewi…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

In 'Cost of Living,' I Finally See My Reality on Broadway - As a theatre lover with CP, I've been waiting decades for characters—and actors—who lo by Ronni Krasnow

As a longtime theatre lover with cerebral palsy, I've been waiting decades for characters—and actors—who look like me I saw my first Broadway show, Annie, when I was 10 years old. The ex…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Thursday, September 8, 2022

An ‘exciting and subversive” Richard III by Marissa Oberlander

In partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago’s Disability Cultural Center, Babes With Blades’s interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s darkest plays is exciting and subversive…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:43PM
Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Clashing of Swords: A Review of Richard III at Babes with Blades by Mary Wisniewski

Babes with Blades Theatre Co., known for its use of stage combat and the casting of women in male roles, explores disability culture and “othering” in its new production of “Richard II…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Friday, September 2, 2022

Public Works’ Musical Adaptation of “As You Like It”: Free Shakespeare in the Park by Cindy Sibilsky

The 60th anniversary of The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park series was memorable. It opened with risk and ended with a reward. The first of the two productions for summer 202…

SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 12:22PM
Thursday, September 1, 2022

Disability takes center stage with Babes With Blades by Bridgette M. Redman

A man who murders children, abuses his wife, and usurps the throne, Shakespeare’s Richard III is the epitome of villainy—and usually shown as a limping hunchback othered because of his […

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:11AM
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: New York, New York; Laura Linney Gabriel Byrne; Ella Fitzgerald Musical By: David Sheward August 30, 2022: Summertime and the livin' ain't easy. We keep getting bulletin…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:35PM
Saturday, August 27, 2022

June 2023

Devil. Tyrant. Boar. Richard III delights in playing all of these roles on his way to the one he really wants: King. His notorious cruelty matches his lust for power as he plays a strategic …

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:08PM
Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Made Glorious Summer: Lining Up for Shakespeare in the Park Tickets - Why waiting outdoors for hours for free tickets is always on my family's calenda by Elyse Orecchio

Why waiting outdoors for hours for free tickets is always on my family's calendar --- At 6 a.m. on a recent July morning by Central Park's Delacorte Theater, a woman smiled as my family took…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Friday, August 12, 2022

Boris the Third review – the greased-piglet antics of a schoolboy PM by Brian Logan

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAdam Meggido’s play finds the teenage Johnson starring in Shakespeare’s tragedy and gives a taste of his future leadership Out of his depth as a tragedy unf…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AM
Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Heaven and hell at the 2022 Stratford Festival of Canada, with ‘Chicago,’ ‘Richard III’ and ‘Hamlet’ by Chris Jones

As heavenly as the return to strength of Canada’s Stratford Festival feels, hell is very much a thing in the Ontario farmland this year.

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AM
Wednesday, August 3, 2022

12 Shows to See Off Broadway This August - Catch two new musicals, a hypnotic comedy, new takes on Shakespeare and more by Raven Snook

Catch two new musicals, a hypnotic comedy, new takes on Shakespeare and more August is the calm before the stormy fall season. But even though it's a quiet time for theatre, there are still …

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM

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