Reviews of ASC’s Tour, Method in Madness

The American Shakespeare Center’s 2014/2015 tour Method in Madness is coming to the University of Alabama on Sunday, March 1st to perform Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Details are here. Some of our graduate students recently attended Method in Madness shows in Birmingham, and I want to share their impressions of the great work ASC is doing. ASC’s MuchContinue reading “Reviews of ASC’s Tour, Method in Madness”

A little Beckett with your Euripides

Iphigenia in Aulis Classic Stage Ireland, Dublin July 2, 2011 I hadn’t planned on attending any theatre during my two days in Dublin, but I made it to Ireland earlier on Saturday than I had expected. A quick Google search revealed that Classic Stage Ireland was putting on its last night of Euripides’ Iphigenia inContinue reading “A little Beckett with your Euripides”

Merchant of Vegas

Merchant of Venice Royal Shakespeare Company June 28, 2011, 7:15pm Before the show began, the woman next to me (a British schoolteacher) leaned over and said, “We came because we heard it was controversial.” Her husband smiled dutifully. Rupert Goold’s Merchant of Venice is set in a raucous Las Vegas, complete with card tables, badContinue reading “Merchant of Vegas”