Shakespeare’s play “The Taming of the Shrew” has long been in need of an update. The text’s misogynistic cruelty often overshadows its humor, posing challenges to actors and audiences alike. However, ...
The stage is dominated by an enormous white seated teddy bear. In one outstretched hand lies a rock. The cast, dressed like Commedia dell’Arte mannequins, sometimes enter the stage through a rip in ...
SHREW!, a new audio drama reimagining of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, will premiere on March 10 Next Chapter Podcasts and Play On. The drama series brings the classic comedy into the ...
Tennessee Shakespeare Company is inviting audiences into the golden age of 1940s radio on the Tabor Stage with The Taming of ...
In Thinking Cap Theatre’s take on Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” a modern-day company has hired a troupe of actors to come into its workplace. The office staff is dealing with an alpha male ...
LENOX, MASS. — Shakespeare & Company is closing its summer season with an erratic production of “The Taming of the Shrew.” It’s a well-known story about sisters seeking husbands. Bianca, an attractive ...
Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew isn't exactly a play that has won universal acclaim for its progressive attitudes. Its central courtship — admittedly, a loose application of the word — is ...
SHREW! purports to tell the "true" story of The Taming of the Shrew. It begins with pub landlady Mistress Slapbottom (Tessa Auberjonois) clearing the joint of all its rowdy revelers, leaving her alone ...
LENOX — Theatermaker Nicole Ricciardi does not readily back away from a challenge. Her Shakespeare & Company credits alone include Norman Plotkin’s “Cassandra Speaks,” about journalist Dorothy ...
STAMFORD — A purple flag is flying at the top of the Shakespeare on the Green stage at Sterling Farms, meaning this year's installment of the annual free outdoor performance is a comedy. "The Taming ...
LENOX – Shakespeare & Company’s production of “The Taming of the Shrew” begins with the opening moments of Samuel Beckett's “Waiting For Godot.” Yes, you read that correctly. Those opening moments — ...
Though it’s billed as “The Taming of the Shrew,” the latest Richmond Shakespeare and Henley Street Theatre production isn’t “The Taming of the Shrew.” At least, not exactly. It’s actually the story of ...