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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING–Shakespeare’s delightful tale of two couples facing the obstacles and joys of courtship and marriage after the men’s return from war–is full of funny twists and turns, emotional ups and downs, amatory pleasures and pain. While the enamored Claudio and Hero experience the giddiness of young love, [...]

Set against the backdrop of the conflict between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Turks over control of Cyprus in the second half of the 16th-century, Shakespeare’s OTHELLO tells the story of a fallen hero in a classic tragedy driven by the passions of pride, envy, bigotry, vengeance, and [...]

Forrest McClendon is truly a man who needs no introduction. Since completing his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Connecticut, he has appeared in a wide range of works, from Shakespeare to Fugard to Kander and Ebb. He is a 2011 Tony Award nominee and 2012 [...]

CYMBELINE is one of Shakespeare’s later and lesser-known works, not often performed and hard to classify. Though inspired by legends about an ancient British king named Cunobelinus, it is not a true history, since the playwright added many invented sub-plots to his complex story. It has been called both a [...]

Shakespeare’s early revenge tragedy, TITUS ANDRONICUS, is a bloodbath of murder, dismemberment, rape, and cannibalism, which has remained for centuries the Bard’s most maligned work. Some have questioned its authorship, others blame it on the playwright’s youth, and English dramatist Edward Ravenscroft, writing in 1687, went so far as to [...]

Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s TITUS ANDRONICUS is actually a trip to the GRAND GUIGNOL, Paris’ smallest professional theater. From 1897 until 1962, this 280 seat venue produced unimaginably gory melodramas that not only advanced the art of stage makeup/special effects, but had an cultural impact that is still being appreciated around [...]

Shakespeare’s TWELFTH NIGHT is a comedy based in confused love and mistaken identity; but there are no mistakes, and there is no confusion, in Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s outstanding production. Its acting and staging capture the clarity and precision of the Bard’s wit and language, while honoring the classical tenet of [...]

Avid theatergoers and culture-hungry tourists got their fill of great productions in July and August, in what used to be Philadelphia summer theater hiatus, before the hectic pace of the Fringe Festival begins in September.  New City Stage Company concluded its themed season on female suicide in July with ‘NIGHT MOTHER.  [...]