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 ...

Austyn Williamson, left, and Rory Hammond, right, star as Lucentio and Bianca, respectively, in “The Taming of the Shrew.” In order to woo the fair Bianca, Lucentio poses as a tutor. Jamal James stars ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Don’t touch that dial! Join us as one of Shakespeare’s most controversial shows is transformed into a 1950s sitcom. Our hero Petruchio is new in town- and that pesky independent Katherina is about to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ted Black tblack@somdnews.com Aug 5, 2025 Aug 5, 2025 When The Newtowne Players unveil their version of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” over the next two weekends, onlookers unfamiliar ...

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 ...

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 ...