fragments inspired by stage and screen
[Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, August 23, 2018.] In Stephen Brown-Fried’s elegant new two-part adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry VItrilogy for Off-Broadway’s National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO), we don’t have to reach […]
The Winslow Boy @ Roundabout American Airlines (through December 1, 2013) Julius Caesar @ St. Ann’s Warehouse (through November 9, 2013 ) Revivals can dull the senses or send chills […]
Summer of Steves As You Like It @ The Delacorte Theater (attended June 30, 2012) Into The Woods @ The Delacorte Theatre (attended August 8, 2012) As will be true for thousands […]
Cymbeline Written by William Shakespeare Directed by Noah Brody & Ben Steinfeld Featuring Jessie Austrian, Noah Brody, Paul L. Coffey, Andy Grotelueschen, Ben Steinfeld, Emily Young Fiasco Theater at Barrow […]
All’s Well That Ends Well By William Shakespeare Directed by Daniel Sullivan Featuring Tonya Pinkins, Andre Holland, Annie Parisse, John Cullum, Dakin Matthews The Public Theater Delacorte Theater, Turtle Pond […]
Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare Directed by Brandon Walker Featuring Brandon Walker, Anna Marie Sell, David Sedgwick, Lindsay Teed The Seeing Place @ ATA Sargent Theater, 314 West 54th Street […]
Double Falsehood By William Shakespeare and John Fletcher Adapted by Lewis Theobald Directed by Brian Kulick Featuring Clayton Apgar, Hayey Treider, Mackenzie Meehan, Philip Goodwin Classic Stage Company 136 East […]
[originally published: http://aislesay.com/CHI-LEAR-06.html] KING LEAR by William Shakespeare Directed by Robert Falls Starring Stacy Keach Goodman Theatre 170 North Dearborn / (312) 443-3800 goodmantheatre.org Extended Through October 22, 2006 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee September 27, 2006 In “King Lear” at the Goodman Theatre we are told repeatedly, by various characters in various ways, that “nothing can come from nothing”. In […]
[originally published: http://aislesay.com/CHI-HAMLET.html%5D HAMLET By William Shakespeare Directed by Terry Hands Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Navy Pier / (312) 595-5600 http://www.chicagoshakes.com Through November 18, 2006 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee September 10, 2006 Any review of “Hamlet” is a daunting task. The art of director and designer Terry Hands and the other performers behind the scenes and on the boards animating the Chicago Shakespeare […]
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