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Q&A: Lolita Chakrabarti - The 'Red Velvet' playwright on 19th-century Black actor Ira Aldridge
Amari Cheatom as Ira Aldridge in Red Velvet
Shakespeare and Beyond

Q&A: Lolita Chakrabarti - The 'Red Velvet' playwright on 19th-century Black actor Ira Aldridge

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Lolita Chakrabarti shares historical context about pioneering 19th-century Black actor Ira Aldridge, the subject of her play Red Velvet, including a notable detail about his funeral in Poland which she learned after she’d written the play.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters this summer
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters this summer

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Ben Lauer

Find out what’s onstage at Shakespeare theaters across the United States this summer.

Q&A: Director Sam Gold on his 'Macbeth' with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga
Cast of Macbeth on a stage with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga sitting on purple chairs
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Q&A: Director Sam Gold on his 'Macbeth' with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga

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Director Sam Gold shares what he loves most about Macbeth, why it stands out from other Shakespeare tragedies he’s directed, and how his ideas about the play changed over time.

Q&A: Allan Clayton on playing Hamlet in Brett Dean's opera
Allan Clayton as Hamlet
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Q&A: Allan Clayton on playing Hamlet in Brett Dean's opera

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Hamlet sings! A new opera version of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is onstage now at the Metropolitan Opera, with tenor Allan Clayton resuming the title role that he played for the opera’s world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival.

Q&A: Jacob Ming-Trent on Falstaff, Bottom, and Shakespeare’s comedy
Jacob Ming-Trent in MERRY WIVES
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Q&A: Jacob Ming-Trent on Falstaff, Bottom, and Shakespeare’s comedy

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Jacob Ming-Trent shares a favorite moment from his Shakespeare in the Park performance as Falstaff in “Merry Wives,” which premieres on PBS’s Great Performances May 20.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in May
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in May

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Ben Lauer

Read our round-up of May performances from Shakespeare theaters across the country.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in April
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in April

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Ben Lauer

April 23 is Shakespeare’s birthday, and this month offers a plethora of ways to celebrate!

John, Paul, Pyramus, and Thisbe: The Beatles performing Shakespeare
The Beatles performing Pyramus and Thisbe
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John, Paul, Pyramus, and Thisbe: The Beatles performing Shakespeare

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Daniel Blank

Did you know that the Beatles once performed the “Pyramus and Thisbe” scene from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”? Although they mainly stick to Shakespeare’s script, the moments when they play with the text stand out.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in March
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in March

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Ben Lauer

Take a look at what the Folger’s theater partners have on stage this March, including a long-awaited ‘Hamlet’ in Cincinnati, ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ in Atlanta, and ‘The Merchant of Venice,’ with John Douglas Thompson, coming to Washington, DC.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in February
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in February

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Ben Lauer

There’s nothing intuitive about a month with 28 (sometimes 29) days and an unpredictable number of Rs in its name. But once you see what the Folger’s theater partners have onstage this month, seeing a show at a theater near…

Black Women Shakespeareans, 1821 – 1960, with Joyce Green MacDonald
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Black Women Shakespeareans, 1821 – 1960, with Joyce Green MacDonald

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Joyce Green MacDonald shares the history of four Black women Shakespeareans who took to the American stage from 1821 – 1960: The African Grove Theatre’s “Miss Welsh,” Henrietta Vinton Davis, Adrienne McNeil Herndon, and Jane White.

The power of restriction: Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'
Denzel Washington in “The Tragedy of Macbeth
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The power of restriction: Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'

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Austin Tichenor

Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth, now streaming on Apple TV+ A movie that honors a play’s theatricality: That’s what director Joel Coen said he wanted for The Tragedy of Macbeth, his new adaptation of the Scottish play. The…

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