Shakespeare in the Wild West
Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” is one of the original romantic comedies, full of tropes you don’t have to be a Bard scholar to recognize: the bickering twosome who fight their mutual attraction...
View ArticleKY Shakespeare Director Says Much Ado is "a Kick in The Pants"
Last night, Kentucky Shakespeare opened its production of Much Ado About Nothing, with a twist—this version is set in the Wild West. Producing Artistic Director Brantley Dunaway joined WFPL's Erin...
View ArticleKeeping Up with the Capulets: Actors Theatre Opens Season with 'Romeo and...
Actors Theatre of Louisville will kick off its new season next week with a contemporary production of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet," directed by Louisville native and former Actors Theatre...
View ArticleReview: Stylish Shakespeare Starts Actors Season Off Right
The new season at Actors Theatre of Louisville is off to a rousing start with an energized and stylish contemporary production of William Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet.” The season opener is both a...
View ArticleFemale Cast Brings Shakespeare Into New Light
Looking for Lilith Theatre Company opens an all-female production of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” this week, setting the merry war-between-the-sexes romantic comedy in the days...
View ArticleScottish Play Haunts Amphitheater's Parkside Studio
Just in time for Halloween, Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company opens a production of the eerie Shakespeare tragedy "Macbeth." The bloody tale of renegade power, murder and madness opens Thursday at...
View ArticleMade Glorious Summer: Shakespeare Behind Bars''Richard III' Open to Public in...
Louisville's Shakespeare Behind Bars is in its 18th season producing the works of Shakespeare with a company of incarcerated men. In June, they’ll open “Richard III,” the Bard's dramatization of the...
View ArticleKentucky Shakespeare Opens Celtic-themed 'Twelfth Night'
Kentucky Shakespeare Festival opens its 54th free Shakespeare in Central Park season this week with a Celtic-themed production of “Twelfth Night.” Directed by producing artistic director Brantley...
View ArticleSonnets, Scenes, Soliloquies: Actors To Stage Free Outdoor Shakespeare
A group of local actors are mounting an afternoon of free Shakespeare in Memorial Park this weekend. The event, "Sonnets, Scenes, and Soliloquies," will present the actors' favorite scenes and...
View ArticleREVIEW | Savage Rose's 'Twelfth Night' Unleashes the Lord of Misrule
One of the beautiful things about Shakespeare's plays is how infinitely adjustable they are. You can go broke building realistic castle sets and kitting everyone out in sumptuous period costumes, or...
View ArticleSavage Rose Closes a Solid Season of Storms With 'The Tempest'
Savage Rose Classical Theatre closes its fifth season this week — what it's been calling its "Season of Storms," a tribute to Shakespeare — with "The Tempest," the shipwrecked quasi-comedy considered...
View ArticleKentucky Shakespeare Makes Triumphant Return to Central Park Stage
Last summer, things weren’t looking so hot for the oldest free outdoor Shakespeare festival in the country. Kentucky Shakespeare’s summer season in Central Park had dwindled to a single professional...
View ArticleAttendance Soars for Kentucky Shakespeare, Can the Company Keep It Up?
Kentucky Shakespeare's return to Central Park after an abruptly-canceled run last summer is an undeniable success. If the opening week audiences for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" are any indication, the...
View ArticleFive Lessons from Kentucky Shakespeare's Resurrection Summer
Ira Glass might not be down with Shakespeare, but Louisville sure is.After several lackluster years in which the company appeared to be in a slow decline, capped by a disastrous last summer that saw...
View ArticleWalden Theatre Students Tackle Challenging 'Pericles' in Kentucky Shakespeare...
This summer’s Kentucky Shakespeare Festival productions have mostly favored the Bard’s better-known works— “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Hamlet,” “Henry V,” “As You Like It” and “King Lear” — but...
View ArticleThe Heart of Shakespeare Explored in Actors Theatre's New, Remixed 'Love's...
Actors Theatre of Louisville opens its new season this week with Shakespeare’s oldest love story, but you’ve never seen “Love’s Labour's Lost” like this before. The comedy is adapted, altered and...
View ArticleRadical Remix of 'Love's Labour's Lost' Feels Like Falling in Love
It’s been a banner birthday year for the Bard here in Louisville. First Savage Rose Classical Theatre’s solid productions of “King Lear” and “The Tempest,” followed by Kentucky Shakespeare’s...
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