Shakespeare

Made Glorious Summer: Shakespeare Behind Bars' 'Richard III' Open to Public in June

Erin Keane — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:40:50 +0000

Louisville's Shakespeare Behind Bars is in its 18^th season producing the works of Shakespeare with a company of incarcerated men. In June, they’ll open “Richard III,” the Bard's dramatization of the rise and fall of Richard, the Machiavellian Duke of Gloucester, and England's House of York, at Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in LaGrange.

Scottish Play Haunts Amphitheater's Parkside Studio

Erin Keane — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:42:42 +0000

Just in time for Halloween, Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company opens a production of the eerie Shakespeare tragedy "Macbeth." The bloody tale of renegade power, murder and madness opens Thursday at Iroquois Amphitheater's Parkside Studio.

Metro Parks transforms the amphitheater stage into Parkside Studio by closing off the large stage's usually invisible fourth wall, creating an intimate, indoor stage (for days so foul and fair alike).

Female Cast Brings Shakespeare Into New Light

Erin Keane — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Looking for Lilith Theatre Company opens an all-female production of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” this week, setting the merry war-between-the-sexes romantic comedy in the days following the end of World War I.

The production opens Thursday and runs through October 13 in the new downstairs mainstage space at the Alley Theater in Butchertown’s The Pointe (1205 E. Washington St.).

Review: Stylish Shakespeare Starts Actors Season Off Right

Erin Keane — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:00:00 +0000

The new season at Actors Theatre of Louisville is off to a rousing start with an energized and stylish contemporary production of William Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet.” The season opener is both a homecoming for the director, Louisville native Tony Speciale, and a bright sign of things to come for the theater with new artistic director Les Waters at the helm.

Keeping Up with the Capulets: Actors Theatre Opens Season with 'Romeo and Juliet'

Erin Keane — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:45:28 +0000

Actors Theatre of Louisville will kick off its new season next week with a contemporary production of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet," directed by Louisville native and former Actors Theatre apprentice Tony Speciale.

KY Shakespeare Director Says Much Ado is "a Kick in The Pants"

Laura Ellis — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:53:01 +0000

Last night, Kentucky Shakespeare opened its production of Much Ado About Nothing, with a twist—this version is set in the Wild West. Producing Artistic Director Brantley Dunaway joined WFPL's Erin Keane on Friday's Byline, to talk about the show, and what's new with Kentucky Shakespeare.

Shakespeare in the Wild West

Erin Keane — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” is one of the original romantic comedies, full of tropes you don’t have to be a Bard scholar to recognize: the bickering twosome who fight their mutual attraction until finally succumbing to each other’s unlikely charms, the tragic misunderstanding that derails a happy engagement, meddling relatives, scheming frenemies.