What happened to Hamlet before ‘Hamlet’?
The Reduced Shakespeare Company built their reputation on going big. Since their founding in 1982, the company has tackled the complete works of William Shakespeare, the histories of America, comedy, ...
The Washington Informer16d
Re-envisioning of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ Gives Three Women a Voice and ‘A Room In the Castle’
Experience a fresh take on Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' from the perspectives of the women in the play, co-produced by Folger Theatre and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
Radiohead take on Shakespeare with Hamlet Hail To The Thief
Hamlet and Radiohead are a dream combination for many theatre and music fans, two witnesses to contemporary malaise and vehicles for existential despair. And now the two are uniting in a new ...
Washington City Paper7d
Playwright Lauren M. Gunderson Wants Something Less Rotten for the Women of Hamlet
The prolific San Francisco-based playwright Lauren M. Gunderson is returning to D.C. this month for the premiere of her new ...
The Washington Post25d
Trying to fix what Shakespeare got wrong
Gunderson’s “A Room in the Castle,” which reimagines “Hamlet” from the viewpoints of Ophelia and Gertrude, plus a newly conceived servant figure, Anna. The world-premiere staging is co ...
From Canada, a ‘Hamlet’ that manages ‘to be’ without words
How do you choreograph “To be or not to be”? That is the question, or at least one of them, for anybody looking to make a ...
BroadwayWorld1d
Review: A ROOM IN THE CASTLE at Folger Theatre
A Room in the Castle, by Lauren M. Gunderson, premiering at the Folger Theatre, is a fresh look at a story we thought we knew ...
Times Union16d
Community Theater Spotlight: ‘Hamlet’ by Home Made Theater
Home Made Theater’s production of “Hamlet, ” running Feb. 28 to March 9 at Saratoga Music Hall in Saratoga Springs. Jacklyn Grant plays Ophelia in Home Made Theater’s production of ...