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Largest Spoleto season to unfold next week in SC

Spoleto events this year vary from a performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Tom Morris and the Handspring Puppet Company to a production of "Oedipus" by the Nottingham Theatre.

Elizabeth Olsen to play Juliet off-Broadway

Elizabeth Olsen will soon be a star-crossed lover - she'll star in an off-Broadway version of Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet."

'Richard III' picked for a New York parking lot

The Drilling Company said Wednesday its Shakespeare in the Parking Lot program will feature the tyrant from Aug. 1 to Aug. 17 in the parking lot at Ludlow and Broome streets on Manhattan's Lower...

Review: Captivating, eloquent 'Women of Will'

Packer's engaging, five-part analysis of the progression of Shakespeare's attitude toward his female - and male - characters over the years sets up vigorous enactment of relevant speeches and scenes.

DTC's 'King Lear' invites new empathy

Moriarty relies less on the gimmickry he has shown in previous Shakespeare productions at DTC (this is the final of a four-play Shakespeare cycle there).

Shakespeare, his work, come to life in PBS series

"When we see those plays now, they still speak to us with a resonance that many hundreds of plays written between Shakespeare's time and today don't," he said.---Online:http://www.pbs.org

Spoleto Festival USA announces its 2013 season

The highlights include a new production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Tom Morris and the Handspring Puppet Company, as well as a production of "Oedipus" by the Nottingham Theatre.

Reduced Shakespeare Company is laughing all the way

Shakespeare, which premiered in 1987, was a hit in England, and earned the company, which has had various members throughout the years, a reputation for Monty Python-esque antics.

Shakespeare's Globe building new indoor theater

Farah Karim-Cooper, head of the Globe's architecture research group, said the goal was "to build a theater Shakespeare might recognize," rather than a reconstruction of any particular venue.

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Capital Stage announces 2013-14 theater season

· "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare: An original adaptation by Capital Stage, Oct. 23-Nov.

NEW YORK: Review: Alan Cumming's 1-man 'Macbeth' stunning

Now put them in a Shakespeare tragedy.

Medley of distinctive stories

This docudrama features real inmates at a high-security prison in Rome, many with mafia ties,...