Posts Tagged ‘Shakespeare Theatre Company’
Maggie O’Farrell’s “Hamnet” onstage at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. is presenting the Royal Shakespeare Company production of “Hamnet,” adapted for the stage from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel by actor-writer Lolita Chakrabarti. I spoke with Lolita by phone from London.
Creating a soundscape for Ibsen’s Wild Duck
Henrik Ibsen’s rarely produced play The Wild Duck is on at the Klein Theatre of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. through mid-November. The soundscape—or incidental music—has been created by actor-musician Alexander Sovronsky, and I spoke with him by phone.
How Shakespeare Invented the Villain
All The Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain is an award-winning one-man show written and performed by Patrick Page. It’s at the Shakespeare Theatre Company until December 29th, and I spoke to Patrick Page by phone from D.C.
Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt at Shakespeare Theatre
Tom Stoppard’s deeply personal play Leopoldstadt is on at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. until December 29th. I spoke with the director Carey Perloff from her home in San Francisco.
Mary Zimmerman’s Matchbox Magic Flute
Mary Zimmerman’s Matchbox Magic Flute, a collaboration between The Goodman Theatre and The Shakespeare Theatre Company, reimagines Mozart’s final opera as “a hybrid, a playful variation, more a creature of the theatre [than of] opera.” I spoke to Mary about her concept.
