Vālmīki’s epic poem “The Rāmāyaṇa” is a great work of literature and a treasure of Indian culture — but its political and ...

Junior Nyong’o is among the star-studded cast of “Twelfth Night,” which also features his sister as well as Peter Dinklage, ...

Science purports to have solved the proverbial question of whether infinite monkeys clacking away at typewriters could recreate Shakespeare’s works. They haven’t.

Two beloved Seattle theatre companies, ACT Contemporary Theatre (ACT) and Seattle Shakespeare Company (SSC), have announced ...

ACT Contemporary Theatre and Seattle Shakespeare Co. will officially join forces July 1. ACT’s downtown Seattle space at 700 ...

SCAD FASH Museum is hosting the first U.S. exhibition dedicated to Sandy Powell’s work; “Dressing the Part: Costume Design for Film” is a collection of over 90 significant character costumes from her ...

The two legacy theater companies will become one entity this summer, operating out of ACT’s downtown home to honor classical ...

William Shakespeare’s classic love story Romeo and Juliet gets an overhaul in the musical & Juliet which opened Tuesday by ...

Because Shakespeare seemed like the consummate English author, it seemed to me that if you were going through the trouble of ...

Additional casting and performance dates are set for Free Shakespeare in the Park's Twelfth Night, the production that will re-open the newly renovated Delacorte Theater.

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