St. Nicholas

shanghai low theatricals and the seanachai theatre company are proud to host the sep production of a play by the olivier award-winning author of the seafarer:  at chicago's irish american heritage centerfor advance tickets...

GUEST POST – No Sweat Shakespeare

My friends over at nosweatshakespeare and I are trading posts today. Read Warren's truly fantastic look at the life of a Shakespearean actor back when these plays were hot off the quill, then head over there to read my nonsensical ramblings about OTHELLO....

Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare

I don’t have much time for this, but with the movie opening today I feel the need to dive in to the ANONYMOUS business, if briefly. Let me say at the outset that I have enjoyed Roland Emmerich’s early films, though I haven’t seen any of his recent...

Favorite Play – Part 1

As I perform and lecture and teach, one question comes up constantly: "What's your Shakespeare favorite play?" My answer is usually something like this: "As an overall fun play to perform, nothing beats MUCH ADO...

EVE OF IDES Reading at Shakespeare New Jersey!

I've been sitting on this particular piece of news for a couple weeks, but the official announcement went out today. My original Caesar/Brutus play, EVE OF IDES, has been chosen for a reading at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey this September, as part of...