Shakespeare Orange County Announces Complete Summer Season
Shakespeare Orange County launches Summerfest 2015 on June 13 with a classic radio comedy, followed by productions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and As You Like It, Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates...
View ArticleFringe Review: R&J, a gender-reversed Romeo and Juliet
I confess to being very confused by the production. In this modern twist on Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet, women play men and men play women. Or rather, women play male characters as men and...
View ArticleGriffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival Opens w/ Punk Fairy Tale Romeo & Juliet
This summer Independent Shakespeare Co. presents its imaginative and soul-stirring take on the most famous love story of all time, Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, directed by Independent Shakespeare...
View ArticleSOC Will Create One Big Family Under the Stars with Romeo and Juliet
For its first production of Summerfest 2015, Shakespeare Orange County (SOC) applies its theme of uniting ‘One Big Family Under the Stars’ to Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s romantic drama of...
View ArticleReview: Shakespeare Orange County’s Romeo & Juliet
As an attempt to increase its cultural relevance, involve the community, and expand its audience base, Shakespeare Orange County’s Romeo & Juliet is an admirable venture. Directors Mike Peebler and...
View ArticleIndependent Shakespeare Co. Announces Extension of Romeo & Juliet
For the first time in 12 years, Independent Shakespeare Co. will extend one of its Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival productions – its critically-acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo &...
View ArticleFriday Funny: Courtesy of Popeye the Sailor and Bluto
I haven’t posted a Friday Funny in a while but this one came across my desk and there’s nothing like a good classic. In honor of Shakespeare’s most tragic love story, here is a little pre-show weekend...
View ArticleA Noise Within Announces Cast of Romeo and Juliet coming Valentine’s Day
Will Bradley and Donnla Hughes will star as Romeo and Juliet in A Noise Within’s production of William Shakespeare’s classic love story. Director by Dámaso Rodríguez, performances begin February 14 and...
View ArticleReview: Romeo and Juliet wrestle with Love and Hate in a modern-day world
In director Dámaso Rodríguez’s version of Romeo and Juliet, a group of actors gathers to put on the play in a graffiti-covered alley. A pair of dumpsters, two wooden pallets, and a movable iron ladder...
View ArticleTheatricum Botanicum Announces 2016 Summer Season
In 2016 we celebrate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death and, in Topanga Canyon, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum will feature three of Shakespeare’s classics as part of its upcoming...
View ArticleTheatricum Botanicum kicks off summer w/ Romeo and Juliet set in East Jerusalem
Theatricum Botanium kicks off its summer season with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet set in East Jerusalem on June 4. Directed by Ellen Geer, the production will highlight the play’s continued relevance...
View ArticleShakespeare at the Bowl (Plus a discount on tickets!)
Summer Shakespeare under the stars? In Hollywood that can only mean that it’s time for Shakespeare at the Bowl — two performances only, August 30 and September 1, at the Hollywood Bowl. On these joyous...
View ArticleKenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford’s ROMEO AND JULIET Comes to the Big Screen
Kenneth Branagh’s new version of Romeo and Juliet is coming to the big screen for one night only, July 7 at 7:30 pm. Presented by Fathom Events, Picturehouse Entertainment, and the Kenneth Branagh...
View ArticleSierra Madre Shakespeare Festival Presents 2nd Season of Summer Classics
Sierra Madre Shakespeare Festival returns to Sierra Madre Memorial Park for its second season of Shakespeare under the stars. The season will feature two classics – one comedy and one tragedy – now...
View ArticleReview: Romeo and Juliet through the Lens of the Middle East by way of...
Not even a wall can keep these lovers apart. This particular wall happens to be in modern-day East Jerusalem and as Theatricum Botanicum’s production of Romeo and Juliet commences, chaos ignites at a...
View ArticleRomeo & Juliet: Pokéman Go! with The Actors’ Gang
The Actors’ Gang invites you to its 10th Annual Free Shakespeare-in-the-Park for families, Saturdays and Sundays at 11:00 am. Bring your picnic, bring the kids, and come on down to Media Park in Culver...
View ArticleRomeo & Juliet by Lovers & Madmen coming to Levitt Pavilion
Lovers & Madmen Productions present Romeo & Juliet October 8 – 23, 2016 Saturdays and Sundays at 4pm Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena Admission is “pay what you can” For more information go to...
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