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William Shakespeare

  1. coming soon(ish)
    Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington Will Play Othello (Not the Game)In a production directed by Broadway’s busiest bee, Kenny Leon.
    By Jason P. Frank
  2. theater review
    Fiasco’s Smooth-Sailing PericlesAn affable, legible take that intermittently sings.
    By Sara Holdren
  3. theater review
    Too Too Solid: Eddie Izzard’s HamletThe British comedian, so deft on a standup stage, has a go at Shakespeare—and tightens up.
    By Sara Holdren
  4. the industry
    Romeo and Juliet Was a TragedyIn 1968, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were the most famous teenagers in the world. Fifty-five years later, they sued Paramount for child abuse.
    By Lila Shapiro
  5. theater review
    A Tempest in the Park That’s (Mostly) No Thoughts, Just VibesIn tone and temperament, this production owes much more to Disney than it does to Shakespeare.
    By Sara Holdren
  6. theater review
    A Hamlet in the Park That Puzzles the WillKenny Leon’s production gestures at a lot without capturing any one thing.
    By Jackson McHenry
  7. theater review
    A Richard III Made Not So GloriousThe production works against the best qualities of its star, Danai Gurira.
    By Helen Shaw
  8. theater review
    A Hamlet That May Have Been Nobler in the West EndRobert Icke’s production lost something on its way across the Atlantic.
    By Helen Shaw
  9. theater review
    Something Distanced This Way Comes: Craig and Negga in MacbethCelebrity squares off against experiment, from Birnam Wood to Dunsinane.
    By Helen Shaw
  10. gold rush
    A Brief History of the Oscars’ Love-Hate Relationship With ShakespeareUntil Spielberg’s West Side Story, no Shakespeare adaptation had broken into Best Picture for 53 years.
    By Joe Reid
  11. theater review
    Jane Anger Puts Shakespeare in His Place, HilariouslyMichael Urie stars in a comedy of (male) errors.
    By Helen Shaw
  12. theater review
    A Frustrating Merchant of Venice With a Shylock to RememberThe quality of John Douglas Thompson is not strained.
    By Helen Shaw
  13. theater review
    This Sceptered Dial: Richard II on the RadioShakespeare in the Park in your headphones.
    By Helen Shaw
  14. theater review
    Ruth Negga’s Hamlet Is a Sweet Prince—But It’s Not a Good NightAlas.
    By Helen Shaw
  15. theater review
    A Timon of Athens for the Age of Peter Thiel“We know what the wealthy do when they feel cheated and insulted.”
    By Helen Shaw
  16. theater reviews
    John Doyle’s Blankie Macbeth and Zawe Ashton’s Memorable for all the women…John Doyle’s severity, now with security blankets.
    By Helen Shaw
  17. hidden treasures
    Someone Just Found John Milton’s Copy of Shakespeare, Which Is Absolutely NutsThis is a big f*cking deal.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  18. casting call
    Say Hello to His Little Blank Verse: Al Pacino Is Finally Playing King LearLet’s descend into madness together.
    By Devon Ivie
  19. theater review
    Theater Review: Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet Sets a Gun on Shakespeare’s MantelSetting a gun on Shakepeare’s mantel.
    By Sara Holdren
  20. theater review
    Theater Review: It’s Always Sunny in This Twelfth NightIn the park, not a cloud in the sky.
    By Sara Holdren
  21. theater review
    Theater Review: In the Park, an Othello in Which Love Conquers LittleRuben Santiago-Hudson’s production for the Public is finely wrought though not wildly inventive.
    By Isaac Butler
  22. Theater Review: An Enticing Twelfth Night for Beginners and Pros AlikeGateway-drug Shakespeare, in the best sense.
    By Sara Holdren
  23. theater review
    Theater Review: ERS’s Measure for Measure Plays a Losing GameA technical gimmick that undermines the material instead of enhancing it.
    By Sara Holdren
  24. theater reviews
    Theater Review: An Ultra-Male, Female-Directed Clockwork OrangePlus two more productions that look at “otherness.”
    By Sara Holdren
  25. Theater Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream That Never Touches EarthAll the froth, none of the underlying dread.
    By Sara Holdren
  26. theater review
    A Hamlet Where Everyone’s Onstage, and Oscar Isaac Is Among UsAnd Oscar Isaac is among us all.
    By Sara Holdren
  27. sexy shakespeare
    Who Is the Sexiest Shakespeare? An InvestigationIs Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love the hottest Bard?
    By E. Alex Jung
  28. theater review
    Theater Review: Harriet Walter Owns This All-Female TempestShe, at least, is the stuff dreams are made on.
    By Jesse Green
  29. theater review
    Theater Review: A Pair of Reinvented OthellosUnmoored from tradition.
    By Jesse Green
  30. Theater Review: The Public Works’ Diverse, Delicious Twelfth Night“For the audience, the source of the joy was mostly the joy of those participants.”
    By Jesse Green
  31. theater reviews
    Theater Review: Can Troilus and Cressida Be Saved?Plus: Men on Boats, played by women not on boats.
    By Jesse Green
  32. theater review
    Theater Review: The Taming of the ShrewPhyllida Lloyd gives it a try in Central Park.
    By Jesse Green
  33. TNT Picks Up Young Shakespeare SeriesThe network has also ordered a pilot about a modern day civil war.
    By Jackson McHenry
  34. theater review
    Theater Review: 13 Hours of Shakespeare’s Henrys, in Brooklyn“Something marvelous of each for everyone, and then sometimes too much.”
    By Jesse Green
  35. theater
    Theater Review: Women in Prison in Henry IVGive the warden his due.
    By Jesse Green
  36. theater
    Theater Review: Cymbeline in the Park, With Some StreamliningA strain of rareness.
    By Jesse Green
  37. stoners
    Prithee, Did Thou Knowest That Shakespeare Smoked Weed?My kingdom for some dank-ass ganja.
    By Nate Jones
  38. Theater Review: A Tempest Without Much StorminessIn the park.
    By Jesse Green
  39. Theater Review: Shakespeare’s Sonnets Turns SourestRobert Wilson’s rear-avant-garde.
    By Jesse Green
  40. theater
    Theater Review: Much Ado About NothingIn the Park, in the rain.
  41. theater
    Theater Review: Kenneth Branagh’s Macbeth“A swift, thrilling production.”
    By Jesse Green
  42. Theater Review: Kissing the Hand of Frank Langella, in King LearIt snaps into focus whenever he’s onstage.
    By Jesse Green
  43. Theater Review: Twelfth Night and Richard III“Richard, as presented here, is a compelling curiosity; Twelfth Night is sublime.”
    By Jesse Green
  44. Theater Review: A Midsummer Night’s DreamA reminder of why she was a MacArthur genius.
    By Jesse Green
  45. stage dive
    Theater Review: A Singing, Summery Love’s Labour’s LostOn musicalizing an odd Shakespearean comedy.
    By Jesse Green
  46. Joss Whedon’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Makes Shakespeare Cool Again Here’s the trailer for Much Ado About Nothing, director Joss Whedon’s adapatation of the Shakespeare comedy of the same name that he shot in […]
    By Bradford Evans
  47. casting couch
    Report: Anne Hathaway to Lead Modern Taming of the ShrewAs adapted by Shame writer Abi Morgan.
    By Zach Dionne
  48. stage dive
    Theater Review: Romeo and JulietCatch the Shakespeare classic in a Greenwich park.
    By Scott Brown
  49. Watch Tom Hiddleston Perform an Impromptu Shakespearian MonologueFrom The Avengers to Willy Shakes, dude’s got his bases covered.
    By Eliot Glazer
  50. stage dive
    Theater Review: The Stage Dive Weekend RoundupShaw’s Saint Joan, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and David Rabe’s An Early History of Fire.
    By Scott Brown
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