“Jealousy; It is the green-ey’d monster.” So says Othello’s covetous and ambitious Iago (played like an Evil Captain America by Jonno Roberts). The heft of Shakespeare is this: when you hear an oft-used idiom in one of Will’s plays, it is likely the seminal use.… Read More
Opposites attract, and The Shakespeare Theater’s pairing of equally absurd The Critic (1779) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (adapted for modern American audiences by Jeffrey Hatcher), and The Real Inspector Hound (1968) by Tom Stoppard, offers the perfect double bill. Both witty one-acts spoof theater itself,… Read More
For hundreds of years artists have depicted the biblical character of Salomé as a femme fatale, as the woman who danced for King Herod for the chance to exact a gruesome revenge on John the Baptist. If you don’t remember this story from Sunday school,… Read More
This story of hope and humanity comes from the most despairing prison cell.. and you just might find yourself singing along! Man of La Mancha, now on stage at the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Harman Hall, may take place in a giant and imposing jail cell during the Spanish… Read More
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players.” – Jaques, Act II, Scene VII If you thought wedding season was over, think again! The Shakespeare Theatre Company, recipient of the 2012 Regional Theatre Tony Award, opens its 2014-2015 mainstage season… Read More
“Oh! This is a wonderful honor and I have a confession to make: I have coveted this award since the day the late, great Joe Papp received the first one,” divulged Stacy Keach, on stage receiving The William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre earlier this… Read More
Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?! Who knows! But Shakespeare will set stage among the roses… and the irises… and the flower maples… as The Shakespeare Theatre Company, in partnership with the U.S. Botanic Garden, presents Escape to the Forest of Arden (from the gardens to… Read More
In the Off-Broadway sensation, Buyer & Cellar, now on stage at Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Harman Hall, Michael Urie (Ugly Betty) stars as a struggling L.A. actor who finds himself working in the Malibu basement mall of a Hollywood mega-star. Yes, you read that right. Malibu. Basement.… Read More
Can’t live with ’em. Can’t live without ’em. And in Private Lives — the last show of the 2013-2014 season for the Shakespeare Theatre Company — the saying is staged with a little added sauce. This is the finale in a trifecta of audience comedy favorites (don’t forget… Read More
Once you believe that life is a dream, how do you live? Pretty well if you’re shacking up a the Former Residence of the Embassy of Spain! And profoundly if you’re living in the philosophical masterpiece that came to life there Monday night. SPAIN arts & culture… Read More
