Dr. Shakespeare, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Play On
An ambitious effort to hire contemporary playwrights to translate the Bard into modern English is about to deliver the goods.
All Stories About Shakespeare
Et Tu, Troubie? The Making of ‘Julius Weezer’
L.A.’s resident classic rock clowns take a stab at Shakespeare’s Roman tragedy.
Russell Harvard on ‘Lear,’ Playing the Villain, and His Dream Roles
The actor discusses his career, the challenge of translating Shakespeare into American Sign Language, and his wish for an all-ASL show on Broadway.
This Month in Theatre History
From the Broadway debut of ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ to the beginnings of Lexington Children’s Theatre, Crossroads Theatre Company, and the Theater Offensive, March was a memorable month.
Take Shakespeare for Granted? He’ll None of It
Our magazine doesn’t include the Bard on its annual most-produced lists, but this year he snuck his way to the top anyway.
Shylock, Remade in the Venice Ghetto
What we learned about ‘Merchant of Venice’ by staging it in the city where it was set.
Notes on Shakespeare 400: Too Much of a Bard Thing
Barbara Gaines’s Chicago Shakespeare Theater staged an ambitious yearlong program in 2016. I tried to match that ambition as an attendee, with mixed success.
To Sell or Not to Sell: How Would You Sum Up ‘Hamlet’?
One sign that Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy isn’t going away: No one can agree on what it’s about.
Not Just Black and White: ‘Othello’ in America
The history of Othello in the U.S. tells a story of race, erasure, and reclamation.
Sam Gold and Andrew Lieberman’s Boxed-In ‘Othello’
Why the director and designer, longtime collaborators, decided to serve up Shakespeare in a plywood container.