Mike Lew's latest takes inspiration from Shakespeare's history play to explore how a character gets to play the villain without apology.
Shakespeare in the Park will celebrate its 60 anniversary when it returns to the Delacorte Theater this summer. The season will feature Richard III, directed by Slave Play Tony n…
The actress, known for "The Walking Dead" and "Black Panther," will headline a return to semi-normal for the annual festival, which will also present "As You Like It."
The Public Theater's free Shakespeare in the Park is set to return in the summer. The 60th season will begin with "Richard III," directed by Tony nominee Robert O'Hara and featuring "Black P…
The 2022 summer season of free Shakespeare will also include a return of Shaina Taub's As You Like It.
Will Power's take on Shakespeare's notorious king is running at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater.
It's a tale that Will Power intends as cautionary, with cycles of history and human violence in mind.
RICHARD III AT SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more! Shakespeare by the Sea's stunning 24th season continues with Shakespeare's bold and patriotic Richar…
When history and theatre work together, the results can be a perfect match. Even when the subject matter is a painful and violent episode from our nation's theatrical and racial history. Thi…
With in-person theatre out of commission for the foreseeable future, many companies and performers from Broadway and beyond are showcasing their work online. Below are performances you can w…
On Monday, January 11, Off-Broadway's Red Bull Theater will premiere its live benefit reading of Twin-Cities playwright Carlyle Brown's 1987 work The African Company Presents Richard III at …
In president-elect's opening message, you're reminded of the decency of the Harper Lee character in "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Theater Wit's production of Mike Lew's play, which is running online through April 19th, has changed the way we view this teenage comedy turned melodrama based on Shakespeare's "Richard III"…
A series of questions filled my mind. What was the motivation behind the choice of sets and costumes? In my opinion, the only thing that really worked well set wise was the ever-pres…
By Kelly Hanson William Shakespeare's Richard III is a masterpiece rife with intrigue, violence, and dark humor. Undertaking such a complicated and beloved production is a bold choice, and B…
Today we're flashing back to a vintage marquee for Al Pacino's 1979 turn in William Shakespeare's Richard III.
Donmar Warehouse, LondonMike Lew's American update of Shakespeare, directed by Michael Longhurst, captures the king's complexity Mike Lew's relocation of Richard III to a US high school is p…
What if Shakespeare's evil king was a scheming, disabled high school student? The creator and star of a new play talk sexuality, shame and why being teenage sucks Like its title character, …
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Bush; Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonA new musical adaptation of David Walliams's book scores on all counts; director Bijan Sheibani makes an …
By Bob Shuman Aaron Monaghan, as Richard III, in Ireland's Druid Theatre U.S. production premiere of Shakespeare's history"it plays until November 23 as part of Lincoln Center's White Light …
The candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, one of London's most enchanting spaces, is made to feel menacing in this exhilarating conclusion to Shakespeare's
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThe winter of our discontent gets an ungrounded production that even scene-stealing performances by the Globe ensemble can't make glorious Fickle, brittle head…
By: David Sheward November 17, 2019: A trio of the most iconic and sought-after male title roles in world theater are currently being tackled Off-Broadway in a variety of productions ra…
 DruidShaekespeare's Richard III  is a bruising experience, which is as it should be. The Irish troupe's contribution to the tenth anniversary season of Lincoln Center's Whi…
  by Carol Rocamora  If you're desperate for political theatre to illuminate our turbulent times, you never have to look further than Shakespeare. Watching the Druid Company's me…