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Eighteen years ago, the OrangeMite Shakespeare Company began a journey to bring every one of Shakespeare’s plays to the stage ...

The stage set was haunting in its stark simplicity. Panels of jagged crossbeams evoked skeletal ruins. Lengths of white fabric fluttered like shrouds. For almost any theater troupe in the world, it ...

Under Ryan Matthieu Smith’s direction, the play’s setting moves to 1880s San Antonio. The use of Spanish reflects this milieu ...

Lear Rex, an upcoming King Lear movie adaptation starring Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain, has added Rachel Brosnahan, LaKeith Stanfield, Peter Dinklage, and more to the cast. Lear Rex is a forthcoming ...

Shakespeare’s themes are so universal, his storytelling so chock-full of detail and nuance, his plays can be adapted to just about any time and circumstance. Seen at a matinee last weekend, the latest ...

It is a common reflex to reach for Aristotle’s Poetics to determine what a good tragedy should be. Aristotle says there are good reasons to enjoy a good tragedy, especially if its ergon or telos (its ...

In his lecture entitled “Emeritus Rex: Shakespeare’s King Lear, a Cautionary Tale for Retirees,” the acclaimed emeritus theater professor, Paul Whitworth, invites attendees into the world of ...

Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain will star in Lear Rex, a new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear. Per Deadline, Pacino will play the titular character in the forthcoming Lear Rex, while ...

Guest director Andrea J. Dymond was excited to be selected to spend part of her summer sharing one of William Shakespeare’s most famous written works with both indoor and outdoor audiences in ...