All posts tagged "shakespeare"
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‘As You Like It’ at The Shakespeare: Beatles and Bard
There's a cruise ship somewhere waiting for the Shakespeare Theatre Company's misbegotten mashup of "As You Like It."
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ Opera Review: Love and Death
The Washington National Opera's 'Romeo and Juliet' is the epitome of impending doom delivered with entertainment and style.
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‘Fat Ham’ at Studio Theatre Review: Great Dane
Shakespeare gets his invite to the cookout in "Fat Ham," a saucy gay, Black riff on the Bard's melancholy Dane.
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‘Macbeth in Stride’ Review: Sound and Fury
A whirlwind of ideas and music, Macbeth in Stride delivers its own unique brand of Shakespearean interpretations.
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Editor’s Pick: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Maryland Lyric Opera
The Maryland Lyric Opera is continues its celebration of Verdi, one of the world's greatest and most popular opera composers.
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‘Jane Anger’ Review: Anger Mismanagement
Despite two uproarious turns from Michael Urie and Ryan Spahn, Talene Monahon's Jane Anger misses its feminist mark.
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Michael Urie and Ryan Spahn: An Interview of Shakespearean Proportions
Michael Urie and Ryan Spahn on "Jane Anger," life since the pandemic, playing gay roles, and the iconic Harrison Ford.
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‘The Tempest’ Review: Magic Island
It's hard to imagine a better version of "The Tempest" than this production that positively vibrates with talent.
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‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Review: Anchors Away
Simon Godwin makes the most of the machinations of a TV news show to tell Shakespeare's comic tale of mismatched romance.
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Rotimi Agbabiaka On Folger’s ‘Midsummer’: ‘Queering Things Up’
Rotimi Agbabiaka plays a queer, gender-fluid King Oberon in Folger Theatre's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'
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The National Building Museum’s Special Playhouse
Guests to the National Building Museum are certain to fall under a certain enchanting magical spell, one conjured up by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream....
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Editor’s Pick: ‘Shakespeare In Love’ at The Keegan
Mistaken identity, gender-swapping, ruthless scheming, and backstage theatrics fill this stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning movie.
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Editor’s Pick: The National Players Close Out Their Season at Olney
Since last fall, a group of theater artists have been literally taking the show on the road: traveling around the country as a theater troupe...
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Actors Assemble! When The Stars Aligned During Covid
In the early days of the pandemic, a group of actors -- many of them movie stars -- gathered on Zoom for a night of...
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Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider reveals how Shakespeare helped her come out as transgender
Reigning Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider said a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream helped her realize she was transgender
