Life is all about stepping out of your comfort zone and attempting things that seem hard. As Eleanor Roosevelt wrote, “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you ...

When you think about it, Gertrude and Claudius — the “villains” of Hamlet — really don’t talk to each other much in Shakespeare’s masterpiece. “Gertrude and Claudius have very few lines together,” ...

I have to admit that whenever I have attended a production of “Hamlet”, never have I wondered about the sexual relationship between Hamlet’s mother Gertrude and her husband’s brother, Claudius. In ...

Now premiering at Folger Theatre, A Room in the Castle focuses on the women: “The most brazen part of this whole play is I actually don’t give a shit about Hamlet.” Sign up for City Lights, our ...

Gina Torres assumed her acting life would be in theater, but early success led her away from the stage and to a lengthy screen career, including the film” The Matrix Reloaded,” and TV shows “Suits” ...

If you, like me, are rejoicing in what feels like a cultural renaissance of the strange and spooky, then I’m sure you’ll be as eager as I was to see Theatre Memphis’ production of Hamlet. You’d be ...