STC’s ‘Comedy of Errors’: Connecting, We Find Ourselves

September 19, 2024

By Lucy Cullen The Shakespeare Theater Company opened its production of William Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” on Sept. 10, directed by Simon Godwin. The show follows Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse […]

Shaking Up the Bard: Folger Shakespeare Library’s $80.5 Million Renovation

June 20, 2024

By Sophia Hall “Shake up your Shakespeare” is one of the many new interactive exhibits in the Folger Shakespeare Library, following a major $80.5 million renovation. On Friday, June 21, […]

‘King Lear’ at Shakespeare Theatre

March 23, 2023

Shakespeare’s “King Lear” is based on a story of a mythical King Lear and his three daughters — but the play is no fairytale. The first production of “King Lear,” technically […]

Synetic Theater’s Midsummer Night’s Dream

June 2, 2022

Arlington, Va. (May 18, 2022) – Synetic Theater, the home of American Physical Theater and movement-based storytelling, announces the return of its acclaimed adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed and […]

‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’: For the Fun of It

January 23, 2020

In Aaron Posner’s ’70s sitcom production at the Folger, the two wives dance the Hustle briefly. Later on, we heard the intro to a Led Zeppelin song.