The Improvised Shakespeare Company has kicked off their 8th annual tour at the Kennedy Center, running through December 23.

Our love of his plays have led to a centuries-long fascination with the writer. So why does each new fictional iteration get ...

In a recent interview, Paul Mescal was asked if he’ll ever stop doing the “sad roles” he’s played in projects like Normal ...

Direct-address, an old playwriting technique, has been retooled by a new crop of playwrights (Bess Wohl, Jordan Tannahill, ...

Remarkably few movies have taken a look at the life of the Bard. With the release of 'Hamnet,' we look back on three past ...

Is the 2025 film ‘Hamnet’ a true story? What history reveals about Hamnet Shakespeare, his tragic death at 11, and how he may ...

The Taming of the Shrew” and “Much Ado About Nothing” are each difficult shows to stage in the modern day. Directors ...

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998's "Shakespeare In Love," has died. He ...

To be, or not to be? That is the question echoing through a derelict Soviet-era retirement home in Armenia, where a group of residents rehearse for an original play that may even dazzle William ...

British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s ...

How do you spark a spiritual revolution? In Charles Dickens’ story “A Christmas Carol,” adapted for stage by Charles Pasternak, the character Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a series of supernatural ...