There are two ways of reading Romeo and Juliet, one of which is correct, in the sense that it is the way that Shakespeare meant it to be read and understood, and the other is incorrect, in the sense ...

Let’s get something straight: Making William Shakespeare’s plays “cool” is kind of the opposite of cool. The only thing older than trying to make Shakespeare’s plays “hip” is Shakespeare’s actual ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor’s note: Mark Auerbach passed away on Friday, May 2, before this review was able to be published. In honor of Mark’s ...

That’s the question you might be asking sometime during Broadway’s most recent foray into bringing Shakespeare to the masses who can afford really expensive tickets. And the latest Bard venture is a ...

Two hours, with one intermission. At the Circle in the Square Theatre, 235 West 50th Street. Through February 16. Over on 43rd Street, the Broadway musical comedy “& Juliet” has been running for two ...

How do we stop the age-old slaughter — Capulets killing Montagues, Russians bombing Ukrainians, Israelis annihilating Palestinians (and all vice versa, as well)? Here’s a thought: Tell that very old ...

You’d think in a world so divided by war and pain as ours, a story about ill-fated young lovers torn apart by their families’ senseless but devastating feud would be treated with more gravitas than ...

We’re living in the Golden Age of Mashups, e.g., Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” (1885) turned into Percival Everett’s “James” (2024). Works by Jane Austen, A. Conan Doyle — anything out of copyright is ...