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Aug. 9 - Sept. 2 - "The Three Musketeers" and "As You Like It." Shows performed in rotating repertory ... Shakespeare's "As You Like It," directed by Allyn Burrows, joins repertory following week on Aug. 16. (CTNow.com)
An Acting Pioneer Jun 3, 2007
For about a year, he and the group performed "As You Like It" from the New York and Canadian border to the tip of Florida and all over the South. "She was by far the best teacher I ever had," Shabaka says of the woman who survived the Holocaust during World War II. Roma once called Shabaka into her hotel room to speak about his performance. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Google Maps and Others Add Ground-Level Views May 31, 2007
With apologies to Shakespeare ("As You Like It"), the newest developments in the online world make conventional mapping Web sites look oh-so-2006. Editor's Picks. (ABC News)
Olivier's Shakespeare (Gary Arnold) May 24, 2007
He was still photogenically and vocally precocious when cast as Orlando in his first Shakespearean feature, "As You Like It," revived by TCM in a lovely restoration copy ... Mr. Czinner's "As You Like It," and MGM's "Romeo and Juliet" with Leslie Howard, Norma Shearer and John Barrymore -- had fitful merits, Mr. Olivier evidently discounted the very notion that Shakespeare and the cinema were compatible ... "As You Like It," the inconclusive example he knew at first hand, persuaded him that this... (Washington Times, DC)
Great River Shakespeare Festival cast, crew return for year four May 16, 2007
The group gathered Tuesday in the Performing Arts Center at Winona State University, where they will stage Macbeth and As You Like It starting June 29 ... Scholz-Carlson, who has acted each year, will also play Amiens in As You Like It. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Ejiofor, McGregor to star in 'Othello' May 11, 2007
Although Grandage sealed his reputation directing "As You Like It" and "Richard III" (with Kenneth Branagh) at Sheffield's Crucible theater, this is his first Shakespeare outing at the 250-seat Donmar, where he is artistic director. "As one of Shakespeare's most intimate plays with one of the smallest casts, it's perfect for the Donmar," Grandage told Daily Variety. (Variety)
Shakespeare Festival raises prices in move to be self-supporting May 6, 2007
Barnes will direct the second play, As You Like It. Festival co-founder and producing director Alec Wild will not direct a play this year. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Post First Comment Apr 27, 2007
Shakespeare 'as you like it' - The Mix ... Shakespeare 'as you like it ... Media Credit: Brandon DavisActors Daryl A. Ball and Jennifer Fine perform Theatre South Carolina's modern version of the Shakespearean comedy "As You Like It" in the roles of Orlando and Rosalind, respectively. (Gamecock Online, SC)
'As You Like It' gets sexy, modern spin Apr 21, 2007
As You Like It' gets sexy, modern spin - The Mix ... As You Like It' gets sexy, modern spin ... Media Credit: Brandon DavisStudent actors from Theatre South Carolina prepare for tonight's opening performance of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" during Thursday's dress rehersal. (Gamecock Online, SC)
A man for all ages Apr 14, 2007
Even his happiest comedies have their malcontents: Jaques in As You Like It; Don John in Much Ado About Nothing. We might go so far as to say that all Shakespeare's plays are tragicomedies and that is one of the principal reasons why his drama is, as Johnson also recognised, "the mirror of life". (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Shakespeare in translation Apr 12, 2007
The shortest is a 40-second fragment of a duel from "Macbeth." The longest is a half-hour digest of "As You Like It." During the next two weeks the AFI Silver Theatre will showcase two of the greatest achievements in this tradition: Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" (1957) and "Ran" (1985). Splendid as pictorial spectacles, the movies are distinctive in part because they imaginatively transpose landmarks of English-language theater, "Macbeth" and "King Lear," respectively, from one language and... (Washington Times, DC)
Shakespeare goes '70s in 'As You Like It' Apr 8, 2007
Darren Campbell as Orlando, top, and Jesse Williams as Charles the Wrestler in the UWF production of "As You Like It."Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj ... Shakespeare goes '70s in 'As You Like It ... This University of West Florida production of "As You Like It" gets a modern twist. (Pensacola News Journal)
Why 'The Sopranos' is Shakespearean " or is it? Apr 8, 2007
" Paulie Walnuts, also like Hotspur, has a bad temper, but he's loyal to Tony (although he once talked to a rival boss) in a way that Phil is not to Johnny Sack (at least a dozen Shakespeare characters). Like Hamlet, Paulie has mother issues. Wouldn't you if you found out your uncle killed your father and married your mother? Or if you found out your mother was your aunt and your aunt was your mother? Tony has Silvio when he needs a cool head, just as Romeo has Benvolio. Much as Sir Rowland de... (Mail Tribune, OR)
Books in Brief Apr 7, 2007
Attendees will also be able to attend a performance of Shakespeare s As You Like It at the nearby Angus Bowman Theater. The theme of the program will be Masks, Masques and Unmasking. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Shakespeare on stage: A dramatic era bows out in Stratford Apr 2, 2007
"All the world's a stage," declares Jacques in As You Like It, when he delivers one of Shakespeare's most-quoted lines ... In 1961, after watching Vanessa Redgrave play Rosalind in As You Like It, Levin wrote: 'The naturalness of her playing, the passionate, breathless conviction of it, the depth of feeling and the breadth of reality - this is not acting at all, but living, being, loving. (Independent)
Shakespeare lovers flocking to Oregon Mar 15, 2007
William Shakespeare's "As You Like It," Tom Stoppard's "On the Razzle" and Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" all opened in February, bringing critics and tourism industry representatives. August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean" opens April 17 and Moliere's "Tartuffe" will be staged beginning late July. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
ROAD NAP FOR SUCCESS AT WORK Mar 11, 2007
Reading Shakespeare, from As You Like It to Macbeth, can boost mental fitness, according to a 2006 study of 20 adults published in a literary journal and referenced in the March 2007 Consumer Reports on Health. Test subjects brains functioned at higher levels while poring over the bard s elaborate syntax than while reading more conventional works, British researchers found. (Scranton Times, PA)
What To Do: March 3-10 Mar 3, 2007
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will hold its first-ever "Family Day" for kids 6 and up and an adult at 1:30 p.m. Sunday with a performance of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" at the Angus Bowmer Theatre in Ashland. Tickets are $15 and include a pre-show introduction to the play at 12:30 p.m. in Carpenter Hall, as well as a post-show discussion and a chance to meet the actors. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Tears, laughter, insight and delight: Part 1 Mar 2, 2007
We started with "As You Like It" in the Bowmer Theatre Friday night ... Chekhov's three other plays: "Three Sisters," Uncle Vanya," and "The Seagull," have all had their moments on the OSF stage. "We as directors are looking for ways to illuminate the play," Appel said at a press conference. She has done well in providing the lighting for Chekhov's portrait of a dying era: Russia at the turn of the last century. The tempo of the play is that of a long conversation during which people bring one... (Mail Tribune, OR)
Wrongheaded characterizations sink OSF's 'As You Like It' Feb 25, 2007 NEW LOOK for a CLASSIC Feb 23, 2007 Humanities festival goes Italian Feb 19, 2007 If Music Be The Food Of Love, Play On Feb 18, 2007 Performances Feb 16, 2007 Young actor gives bite to 'Betty'New spin on old role Feb 9, 2007 OSF opens 2007 season Feb 9, 2007 Othello too mature for 'sensitive' 14-year-olds Feb 4, 2007 Teachers split over Shakespeare Feb 3, 2007 Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2007 Jan 27, 2007 Shakespeare is coming to town Jan 23, 2007 Helen Mirren: Screen queen Jan 13, 2007 My must sees for 2007 Jan 7, 2007
As You Like It opened the Oregon Shakespeare Festivals 2007 season ... Wrongheaded characterizations sink OSF's 'As You Like It ... There is a moment in "As You Like It" when characters dance in joyous celebration of the multiple weddings that signal the happy ending. (Mail Tribune, OR)
A parting gift Feb 23, 2007
Kicking off the weekend at 8 p.m. Friday in the Bowmer is William Shakespeare's "As You Like It," directed by guest artist J.R. Sullivan ... "As You Like It" stars one of the most engaging heroines in world drama, Rosalind, who, disguised as a young man named Ganymede and seeking safety in the Forest of Arden, discovers love. (Mail Tribune, OR)
That's after the OSF opens its 72nd season at 8 tonight with William Shakespeare's "As You Like It." Previews began last Friday. Tom Stoppard's "On the Razzle" will open Saturday night, and David Lindsay-Abaire's "Rabbit Hole" on Sunday afternoon. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Tom Empey, chairman of the Casper College theater department, will discuss the college's upcoming production of the Shakespeare comedy "As You Like It." ... The college will present "As You Like It." Tickets are 12 for adults and 10 for those 18 and under. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
composer John Tanner wrote the music for Shakespeare's "As You Like It." Barton did "The Cherry Orchard." Tom Stoppard's farce "On the Razzle" will have music by award-winning Los Angeles composer Larry Delinger ... COMPOSER JOHN TANNER and the rest of the design team working with director J.R. Sullivan on "As You Like It" decided the production, which will have a 1930s look, was about identity and change ... He listened to lots of Woody Guthrie for "As You Like It." He found the music... (Mail Tribune, OR)
AS YOU LIKE IT: Guest artist J.R. Sullivan directs William Shakespeare's comedy. The show will open at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. (Mail Tribune, OR)
That's where he did "Romeo and Juliet," "The Comedy of Errors," "As You Like It" and more. He couldn't keep his surname, because there was a David McDonald registered with the actors' union. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Kicking off the weekend will be William Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It," directed by guest artist J.R. Sullivan ... Previews, three for each show, begin Friday, Feb. 16, with "As You Like It." Matinees will begin at 1:30 p.m. through June 3; 2 p.m. after that date. (Mail Tribune, OR)
As You Like It received little support because it was deemed too complex ... The authority is now to include these two plays and As You Like It and Julius Caesar in the programme of options for the tests. (Telegraph.co.uk)
After a poll, plays set for 13 and 14-year-olds in England could include Romeo and Juliet and As You Like It ... RATING SUITABLE/VERY SUITABLE Romeo and Juliet - 91% Othello - 43% Henry IV Part I - 32% Taming of the Shrew - 61% Julius Caesar - 62% Midsummer Night's Dream - 90% As You Like It - 61 ... The QCA has announced that as a result of the consultation, plays said to be suitable for setting will include Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It and Julius Caesar. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
As You Like It, William Shakespeare: February 16-October 28. A comedy about the perils of love and womanhood. (Suite101.com)
In the outdoor setting, professional actors have presented various Shakespearean works including "As You Like It," "The Tempest" and "Twelfth Night." The audience brings its own seating and picnics for the al fresco performances ... In addition to introducing Shakespeare to younger students, the programs for middle and high school students use Shakespeare's "As You Like It," "Romeo t" and "Merchant of Venice" to teach lessons against teasing, bullying and prejudice, Kelly said. (Greenwich Time)
Mirren and Brian Stirner in TV's As You Like It in 1978. She left London in the early 1970s to play with Peter Brook's experimental theatre troupe in performances around the world, and made her film debut as Hermia in Sir Peter Hall's A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1969. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Other Shakespeare productions to earmark are As You Like It at the Sheffield Crucible, with Samuel West directing the effervescent Eve Best (from Jan 31), and the Old Vic residency of Edward Hall s all-male company, Propeller, already previewing Twelfth Night and The Taming of the Shrew. At the National, a draw for all right-thinking women will be the dangerously charismatic Tom Hardy as Etheridge s Man of Mode, directed by Nicholas Hytner (from Jan 29). (The Sunday Times)
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