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PICK: Macbeth

Back to the Bard: Shakespeare knew something about quarantines, having lived through several during the plagues of...

PICK: Fast forward

Bah humbug? We think not. This year, Dickens is going digital! Join Jacob Marley, the three ghosts, and Tiny Tim as...

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Identity issues: William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is beloved for its dizzily complicated plot, lively characters,...

Pick: BlkFrs TV

Much ado about Shakespeare: Shakespeare scholars have been dominating online arts outlets with clickbait headlines...

When love rules

Though Antony and Cleopatra isn’t always considered a problem play, after seeing it at the American Shakespeare...

ARTS Pick: Midsummer 90

Bite-sized Shakespeare: An abridged version of the iconic Shakespeare comedy, Midsummer 90 drops the Night’s Dream...

ARTS Pick: Julius Caesar

Building Rome: Political intrigue and deception run deep in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, part of American Shakespeare...

Shaking up Shakespeare

Ethan McSweeny is fond of automotive idioms. “I’m firing on all cylinders,” he says when asked about his work with...

Alice in Blunderland

“Comfort thyself, sweet friend; it is not strange / That women will be false and wavering.”—Franklin, Arden of...

Cups up, blades out

To a lay audience member who hasn’t been involved in a theater production since fifth grade, directors seem as...