William Shakespeare
In this excellent Public Theater “Free Shakespeare in the Park,” Ato Blankson-Wood is commanding as anti-hero Hamlet—but the Playbill doesn’t mention the show’s A-list star.
Filmmaker and writer Phoebe Nir has organized the party around “the authorship question”—a debate over who’s responsible for masterworks like “Hamlet” and “Romeo and Juliet.”
“& Juliet” imagines a new life for Shakespeare’s Juliet had she not died after her and Romeo’s double poisoning, alongside a jukebox of Max Martin hits like “Baby One More Time.”
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Hulu’s new Shakespearean rom-com gives a hilarious, anachronistic sheen to one of the most classic love stories—just by telling Romeo and Juliet to step aside.
The re-mounted Public Theater/Public Works 2017 production of Shakespeare’s play is an earnest and hearty celebration of community, but not a great production of a Bard classic.
Danai Gurira is a coolly charismatic Richard III in a new Shakespeare in the Park production that revels in showing us the swagger of a royal villain.