Performance News containing stories about the World Shakespeare Festival, worldwide openings, and other Shakespeare stories of interest.
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If you are out in Hollywood, check out this production: Two Gentlemen of Chicago. Riffing on Two Gents, the company incorporates Shakespeare’s text with music by the band Chicago as well as some dance and improv. For example, both Valentine and Proteus try to woo Sylvia with the [...]
Read further anon →Welcome back to Speak the Speech. The performances we are looking at this week are a bit more demure than all those “performance” title suggestions tweeted under #shakesporn.
The Acting Company, a terrific group based out of New York, reaches Gary, Indiana, this week on their tour of The Comedy of Errors. The [...]
Read further anon →Hello All and welcome to another edition of O What Learning Is. The place for learning what is going on in the worlds of Shakespeare and Education. So what have we got this week for you? Well, we have a retelling of Julius Caesar, through the eyes of Cinna, Shakespeare movie marathons and a whole [...]
Read further anon →Welcome back to Speak the Speech. Not the busiest week, it seems, but lots of news for the upcoming season.
The Vintage Theater Collective holds its annual Sonnetfest this week in Chicago.
Openings:
Both Orlando Shakespeare Theater and the NVA Ensemble open shows this week. Orlando Shakespeare opens Cymbeline to [...]
Read further anon →As the holidays roll around, many festivals and companies are planning their 2012 seasons, so this week we have several announcements about next year’s offerings.
Star Kevin Spacey and Director Sam Mendes are trotting the globe with their production of Richard III. They recently opened in Beijing and announced two shows in Qatar [...]
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Actor Says Wrong Word in Speech and Audience Books Him Off The Stage. The actor, playing Antipholus of Ephesus, was nearly done with his speech at the end of Act 3, Scene 1when, instead of saying, “Upon mine hostess there”, he said, “On the hostess there.” Audience members responded with confusion and rage to the slip-up, throwing programs and chasing the actor from the stage.
A tale of mistaken identity, rife with opportunity for broad comedy and slapstick, William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors is a delightfully silly two hours traffic upon the stage. The popular director, Aaron Posner brings his talents to this early work of Shakespeare and for the most part it is a fun evening of theater.
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