A Shakespearean World’s Fair in the Windy City
International and local companies converge at Chicago Shakespeare Theater for the quadricentennial of the playwright’s death.
Special Section
How I Climbed Into a Fat Knight, and He Into Me
Playing Falstaff is a gift that keeps on giving, and not just because it’s among the greatest roles in the canon.
How Do I Film Thee? The Sonnet Project NYC Counts News Ways
New York Shakespeare Exchange, having run through the sonnets, expands its sights to the whole distracted globe.
Shotgun Players’ ‘Hamlet’ Plays Role Roulette
In a new staging, 7 actors trade off parts, randomly selected each night from—what else?—Yorick’s skull.
Offscript: Translating Shakespeare With Lue Douthit
This week’s guest Lue Douthit, director of Play on! at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, discusses translating Shakespeare. Plus the editors talk about Humana.
Dueling-Fairy Fan Fiction From the Reduced Shakespeare Company
Proving that the Bard can be revered with irreverence, Folger Theatre presents a ‘lost’ play that never was.
Much Ado About Posters
From clown noses to wolf heads, America to Israel, ‘Presenting Shakespeare’ showcases how the Bard’s work is sold around the world.
Middle East Solos: Out of Context, Creating a New One
What did 4 female-led works at New York Live Arts’ Live Ideas Festival have to say to us or to each other—or are those even the right questions?
Offscript: Young at Art With Linda Hartzell and David Saar
This week’s guests are Childsplay’s David Saar and Seattle Children’s Theatre’s Linda Hartzell, TYA giants soon to retire. Plus, the editors recall their first theatre experiences.
Youth Theatre Is Not Wasted on the Young
Kids, even very young ones, carry the lived sensation of theatre with them, even if they don’t literally remember it.
