Sotheby's revealed that Edward Hopper's painting, "Shakespeare at Dusk", will be offered at its upcoming American Art sale.
Visitors to the University of Southern California might well be muttering, "What fools these mortals be" as they stroll past a statue of the legendary queen of Troy and notice William Shakespeare's name seemingly misspelled at its base.
Book review: ‘James Shapiro’s Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?’ The 2012 Olympics opening was inspired by Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” The ongoing World Shakespeare Festival, which runs in the UK until November, is the biggest celebration of the Bard ever staged, featuring 70 shows in 37 languages, including “King Lear” in Belarusian, “Hamlet” in Lithuanian, and “Troilus and Cressida” in Maori. There are 319 Shakespeare theaters and centers all over the world. The man’s works are more revered and acclaimed than ever.
The Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) has emerged as the biggest winner the 2011 Philstage Gawad Buhay awards, bringing home a total of thirteen wins for two of its box office hits: "Care Divas" a comedy-drama about five Filipino transvestite caregivers in Israel who moonlight as glamorous entertainers, and the musical "William", which familiarizes young people with the beauty of Shakespeare's works through rap and hip-hop.
“What’s the point of writing an award-winning play if, for decades, it has remained a manuscript in a glass-encased air-conditioned...
Who was it that ‘walked on,’ stayed briefly and left an indelible mark in your heart? When I was a little girl, I spent much time in rehearsal halls and backstage at the Metropolitan Theater with my mother. I could hum the overture of “La Boheme” and whistle the violin parts for “La Traviata.”
How could one place in this world seem to have everything, from classical to pop culture, for just about everyone, from tweens to the young at heart?
After dominating the recent Philstage Gawad Buhay awards, the Philippine Education Theater Association (PETA) is bringing back the award-winning Shakespeare rap musical “William” for a special show at the Cultural Center of the Philippines this September 28.
The world’s greatest playwright. The brains of the Philippine Revolution. And an iconic gay writer-criminal from France.
Shakespeare's Globe theater is about to take the Bard's words literally — "All the world's a stage."
