“The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements,” Lady Macbeth exclaims, gesturing triumphantly at the sky. A particularly loud helicopter has just flown by overhead, causing Lady Macbeth (Jenny Strassburg) …Read more

Shakespeare’s comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona lends itself well to piracy, and director Ariel Leigh picks up on the hint in her swashbuckling production at The Brick. For my tastes, the play could have used even more piracy, but as it is, I’ll tak …Read more

It’s a happy chance that for their second Shakespeare in the Parking Lot production this year, The Drilling Company chose not to stage Julius Caesar – though they considered it – but Henry VI Part 3: one of Shakespeare’s most seldom performed history …Read more

Every month we highlight the best programming available on BroadwayHD, a streaming service for theater around the world.     Long Day’s Journey into Night Widely considered to be Eugene O’Neill’s magnum opus, this Geffen Playhouse productio …Read more

After its controversial, deeply serious production of Julius Caesar, The Public Theater’s second Shakespeare in the Park production aims for light-hearted fun and fantasy. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (directed by Lear deBessonet) captures all the magic …Read more

Bryant Park Presents’ Twelfth Night, performed and produced by The Drilling Company Shakespeare, is a whimsical midsummer night dream in midtown Manhattan. Set in the open air of Bryant Park, patrons sit on chairs and blankets and enjoy the show. Dir …Read more

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar seems to be a popular (or should we say unpopular?) play lately. Multiple NYC companies have included it in their summer repertoire, including the Public. But you’re going to be hard-pressed to find a more unique, inventiv …Read more

With a ‘Hey Nonny Nonny’ and a ‘Willow, Willow, Willow,’ the talented ensemble of the famed Simon Studio provides a performance of the work of the Bard to which all future shows must Measure for Measure. The glorious Dining Hall at the illustrious Pl …Read more

The Bard, done right, is a bonafide good time, and a good time is had at Simon Godwin’s production of Measure for Measure at Theater for a New Audience’s Polonsky Shakespeare Center. Hey, if you can’t depend on a satisfying evening from a Shakespeare …Read more

The thing with great plays, and Shakespeare in particular, is that they seem to have been written about the time when they’re being produced, and sometimes eerily, about the people witnessing said productions. Romeo and Juliet never aches more than w …Read more