Written by Jennifer Kramer August 13, 2013 Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre August 2 – August 18, 2013 The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s Classical Acting Academy, developed by Artistic/Executive Director Carmen Khan, is an immersive eight-week program designed to give young professionals a thorough grounding in
Written by Jennifer Kramer August 12, 2012 Cymbeline by William Shakespeare The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre August 1 – 19, 2012 The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater’s Classical Acting Academy, an immersive eight-week program for rising young actors to learn classical acting techniques and performances, presents as the culmination of their summer’s study
PHILADELPHIA By Tim Dunleavy The Two Noble Kinsmen The Two Noble Kinsmen is one of Shakespeare’s least performed plays, but don’t hold that against it. After all, it’s only in the last few decades that scholars have largely agreed that it even is a Shakespeare play. (It’s widely believed now
Samantha Clarke Philadelphia Theater Examiner It’s a tale as old as time or, at least, as old as Chaucer. Two cousins, Palamon (Dan McGlaughlin) and Arcite (Chris Anthony) are primordially bonded together into an intimate band of brothers. They’ve shared everything: battles, women, and secret handshakes. Prisoners of war, they
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2013, 2:04 AM By Toby Zinman For the Inquirer Want to know how old my beatup collected Shakespeare is? So old it doesn’t include The Two Noble Kinsmen. Only recently has the play been included in volumes of the collected plays, as Shakespearian purists relented and opened
Written by Jennifer Kramer April 06, 2013 Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre March 28 – May 19, 2013 While it is perfectly accurate to say that the dramatic action of Much Ado About Nothing depends upon the characters of Beatrice and the Friar backing
April 4, 2013 – Christopher Munden When presenting Shakespeare comedies, companies often forget that they should be funny. This is not the case with Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, one of the funniest shows of any kind seen on local stage this season. Director Domenick Scudera
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013, 10:43 AM By Jim Rutter For THE INQUIRER “To suffer love.” This unusual line appears three times in quick order toward the end of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s fresh, exuberant production illuminates the Bard’s theme with a fullness and flourish. Much of
PHILADELPHIA By Tim Dunleavy Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, Othello, A Raisin in the Sun and The Bends Kenny and Benji are a couple of 16-year-olds who are going through some rough times. Kenny is trying to run his household on his own—his mother is dead, and his
Lew Whittington Huffington Post, Arts & culture journalist Carmen Kahn, artistic director of the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, keeps devising new ways to present Shakespeare as vital living theater for contemporary audiences. PST has fencing seminars, Bardian cabarets and a network of regional school outreach to engage students with the actors,
