One of the pleasures and marvels of reading Shakespeare now, 401 years after his death, comes from encountering a passage or even a line that resonates as if written today, as though to demonstrate ...
Returning to live audiences, the Actors’ Shakespeare Project takes on “Coriolanus,” one of The Bard’s latest and least famous plays, with an all female/nonbinary cast. Running through April 23, ...
Though not the most lovable, Ralph Fiennes is certainly a great actor, with a seemingly impassive lizardlike gaze and the suggestion of some inner cruelty. These stern qualities are offset by ...
Like so many of the characters he’s portrayed over the course of his decades-long career, the role Ralph Fiennes plays in his own feature film directorial debut, an adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s ...
The week of Thanksgiving is one of the most hectic times of the year to face midtown, but Rivera doesn’t miss a single beat. It’s impressive but not surprising. Before Rivera broke out, alongside his ...
Jonathan Cake and Kate Burton star in the Central Park production of Shakespeare's lesser-known, politically resonant tragedy 'Coriolanus.' By Frank Scheck The new Shakespeare in the Park production ...
Jonathan Cake finds the cracks in the macho surface of Shakespeare’s strangest tragic hero in Daniel Sullivan’s fiery production in Central Park. By Ben Brantley Forget about the mutants at the ...
The Hunger Games prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” is a story about the distinction between a character’s motivations and their perceived actions. The story hinges on the idea of a ...