Tag Archives: Shakespeare

Love’s Labours

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For the past 23 years, New Haveners have unfolded their lawn chairs and blankets in Edgerton Park to watch the sun set and the lights go up (more…)

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Summer Lovin’

Erron Crawford as Cleopatra in Yale Summer Cabaret's Antony + Cleopatra

Cleopatra—the glamorous, irresistible queen at the heart of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra—famously “makes hungry / Where most she satisfies,” and the same can be said about Yale Summer Cabaret’s effervescent and erotic production (more…)

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Feeling Puckish

Shaunette Wilson as Puck

You know things are bad when the mythical mischief-maker and riddle-speaker Puck has had enough of mischief and riddles. Draped in skins, bearing ritualistic markings and skewed horns, the wily sprite, crouched on a shelf (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (March 19-25)

Dennis Tupicoff's Chainsaw

Monday, March 19 Australian animator Dennis Tupicoff screens and discusses some of his short films, including Dance of Death (a crass TV variety show hosted by “Don Death”), The Darra Dogs (Tupicoff’s memories of childhood pets), His Mother’s Voice (a rotoscoped rendition of a real-life tale of a mother learning that her child had died) […]

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A Wild Semester of Shakespeare at Yale

Shakespeare at Yale

In the words of Shakespeare, she’s a wow! —Eddie Cantor, “If You Knew Susie”  Shakespeare at Yale began quietly in early January with a pair of events at the Yale Center for British Art. A small but provocative exhibition of 19th century paintings inspired by Shakespeare plays opened, and remains on the gallery’s fourth floor […]

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Macbeth 1969, Jazz, & Free Films

Macbeth 1969 at the Long Wharf Theatre

It’s a rare chance to see two reimaginings of a Shakespeare classic in a single week.  (more…)

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