Tag: William Shakespeare
Suzy Eddie Izzard: Living Inside Hamlet
"In stand-up, I fight for the thickness of a laugh. In 'Hamlet,' I fight for the thickness of silence."
Patrick Page on Shakespeare’s Villains, and the Truth Theater Can Still...
"What Shakespeare does is dismantle the myth of the perfect hero. When he dismantles the myth of pure evil, he’s also forced to dismantle the myth of pure good."
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Michael Urie stars as "Richard II" in Red Bull Theater's new adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
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"Twelfth Night" marks the return of Shakespeare in the Park in New York City
Director Phil Chan Puts a New Spin on “Madama Butterfly”
"If we want this work to still have resonance, we need to help clear away some of the 100 years of cultural baggage."
Graham Wetterhahn Welcomes You Aboard
"Immersive is definitely the buzziest word that gets used. I think we do more event style theater."
Actor Seth Numrich: “We’re All Complicated”
"We don't share everything about ourselves. And of course, we move through the world trying to project an image of ourselves that has some relationship to the totality of who we are and our experience. But it's curated, right?"
Kate Soper Revisits “Voices from the Killing Jar”
"I think it was the start of me becoming more interested in works that had explicit theatrical elements and a legible kind of quasi-narrative element. And it was really a chance for me to really see how versatile I could be as a performer."
Iestyn Davies Learns from the Past to Assure His Future
"The moment you hear this music it's gone. Nobody else will ever hear it again in this version. That's what's really special."
Conductor Harry Bicket On the Perfect Opera
"Even Verdi when he was writing his Shakespeare operas he didn't dare actually take on Shakespeare's text. Britten is one of the few people in history that actually set Shakespeare's text and all but one sentence is the original Shakespeare."