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2 Watch: Next On Stage's High School & College Top 5 Revealed 3 Watch: Next On Stage Season 6 Finalists Revealed In Shakespeare’s time, a black flag would be raised over the theatre to indicate a ...

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 ...

LENOX — It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood Saturday — William Shakespeare’s neighborhood at Shakespeare & Company — for the official launch of the theater company’s brand-new outdoor venue, ...

The Bard churned out King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra as London reeled from the foiled Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and an outbreak of the bubonic plague the following year.

The U.K.’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has found a global streaming home with theater specialist BroadwayHD. Nine RSC titles will debut on BroadwayHD in January, with 20 more productions set to ...

After you’ve destroyed the world, what comes next? That’s the choice Shakespeare faced after he wrote King Lear. That’s also the choice we face in the next presidential election. Like Shakespeare ...

It was a bright and sunny beginning for the opening night of Shakespeare & Company’s production of King Lear. Sitting in the new outdoor 540-seat New Spruce Theater on the company’s grounds in Lenox, ...

Running under two hours, Amazon's version of William Shakespeare's 'King Lear' is oddly thin and brisk, but you can't go wrong watching Anthony Hopkins as Lear. By Daniel Fienberg It’s been over 20 ...

The Tony Award nominee chats with THR about playing dual roles on Broadway in the classic tragedy and discovering her "origin story" through the life of her grandmother in 'Mrs. Wilson.' By Suzy Evans ...

In his play “King Lear,” Shakespeare created a minor character who is a knight. There are technically 100 knights who are mentioned several times. They’re so minor, only one gets to speak and he isn’t ...