Showing posts with label William Shakespeare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Shakespeare. Show all posts
2.10.26

'Here’s a change indeed in the Commonwealth!': Segregation-era 'Measure for Measure' at Folger

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Nathan Darrow (The Duke), Renea S. Brown (Isabella, center), and Holly Twyford (Escalus) in Measure for Measure , Folger Theatre. Photo: Eri...
1.6.26

STC's 'Othello' on the Jersey Shore

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Ben Turner (Iago) and Wendell Pierce (Othello) in Othello , Shakespeare Theatre Company. Photo: Teresa Castracane In Simon Godwin's ne...
21.3.26

RSC's "Hamnet" is the thing at Shakespeare Theatre Company

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Kemi-Bo Jacobs (Agnes Hathaway) and Rory Alexander (William Shakespeare) in Hamnet , Royal Shakespeare Company, at Shakespeare Theatre Comp...
13.9.25

STC's Merry Wives of Harlem

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Nick Rashad Burroughs (center), Felicia Curry, Jordan Barbour, Sekou Laidlow, and JaBen Early in The Merry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare ...
16.9.24

STC recasts "Comedy of Errors" as even goofier musical

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Alex Brightman and David Fynn as the Dromios in The Comedy of Errors , Shakespeare Theatre Company. Photo: Teresa Castracane Photography The...
14.4.24

Simon Godwin's modern-dress 'Macbeth' comes to Washington

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Indira Varma and Ralph Fiennes in Macbeth , Shakespeare Theatre Company. Photo: Marc Brenner The demand for the Shakespeare Theatre Company...
8.12.23

Shakespeare Theatre's Age of Aquarius Beatles Musical ('As You Like It')

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Jennifer Lines (center) and cast in As You Like It , Shakespeare Theatre Company. Photo: Teresa Castracane Photography Shakespeare Theatre C...
18.2.23

MacMillan "Romeo and Juliet" returns to the Kennedy Center at last

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Herman Cornejo in Romeo and Juliet , American Ballet Theater. Photo: Rosalie O’Connor Some fine versions of Sergei Prokofiev's beloved ...
30.5.17

'Timon of Athens' a wonderful problem play at the Folger

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Whenever a production of Timon of Athens comes around, you should probably go see it. It is one of the least often mounted of Shakespeare...
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7.10.16

NSO Program 2: Shakespeare at the Symphony (2/3)

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Charles T. Downey, Valčuha shows a deft touch with NSO Washington Classical Review , October 7
2.10.16

Beauty, the Best Advocate

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Charles T. Downey, Derek Jacobi and Folger Consort team up for evening of Shakespeare and Purcell Washington Classical Review , October 2
1.10.16

NSO Program 1: Shakespeare at the Symphony

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Conductor Edward Gardner (photo by Benjamin Ealovega) The National Symphony Orchestra had its season opening gala last weekend. The season...
28.7.16

Touring 'Merchant' Makes Quick Visit to D.C.

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Jonathan Pryce and Dominic Mafham in The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare's Globe) Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice has proven a ...
27.5.16

A less than tamed 'Shrew' at STC

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Maulik Pancholy (Kate) in Taming of the Shrew (photo courtesy of Shakespeare Theater Company) In the last few years, local theaters have ...
2.3.16

'Othello' at STC

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Shakespeare Theater Company’s production of Othello , directed by Ron Daniels (photo by Scott Suchman) We welcome this theater review from...
22.2.16

'Romeo and Juliet' Returns to Synetic

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Irina Kavsadze (Juliet) and Zana Gankhuyag (Romeo), Synetic Theater, 2016 We welcome this theater review from contributor Philip Dickerson...
17.10.15

BSO and Folger, Star-Crossed

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Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet (chor. L. Lavrovsky), D. Vishneva, V. Shklyarov, Mariinsky Theater, V. Gergiev ( released on October 14, 2014...
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2.3.15

Folger and Jacobi's 'Merchant of Venice'

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Lo Sposalizio (Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli), King's Consort, R. King (Hyperion, 1998) Charles T. Downey, In ‘Merchant of Venice,’...
10.12.14

Gold Coast 'Tempest' at STC

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Clifton Duncan as Caliban in The Tempest , Shakespeare Theater Company, directed by Ethan McSweeny (photo by Scott Suchman) The usual post...
9.9.14

'Lear' from the Globe

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Bethan Cullinane (Fool) and Joseph Marcell (Lear) in King Lear , Shakespeare's Globe Theaters appear to be in a King Lear phase, as W...