Shakespearean tragedies don’t typically see a peaceful resolution, but it looks like there’ll be a happy ending for a drama that unfolded center stage at a Community…
Prince and the Bard Are Taking Over City Parks
Cinephiles have plenty of excuses to spend the summer in city parks, starting with Films On The Green and Movies Under The Stars. But if…
Performance Picks: Tarot Card Donner Party, New Play Readings, and More
Would you rather spend a short evening watching stuff in a bar or dedicate your whole day to the wildest and most visceral of performance…
Tonight: Get Doused at this Whiskey-Filled Macbeth Inside a Distillery
Tonight, a unique production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth opens in Williamsburg. Where’s the theater, you ask? Nowhere to be found, actually: This production will be taking…
Listen to Iggy Pop Talk Burroughs and Then Go To William’s 101st Birthday Party
During Friday’s episode of This American Life, Ira Glass confessed that — just like he thought “Shakespeare sucks” — he totally didn’t get William S.…
A Midsummer Night’s Rave, With Williamsburg Hipsters as the Mechanicals
This outdoor production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, returning to the East Village Friday for a final three-day run, won’t remind you at all of eighth…
Alas, Naughty Droid: A Night of Shakespeare and Star Wars
Get thy lightsabers ready and prithee get thee to the bookstore—where a performance of choice moments from the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series will take place. If…
Good Talks: World Cup Buzzkill, a ‘Live Documentary,’ and Shakespeare Star Wars
Upcoming talks and readings. Because sometimes, you just want to watch C-3P0 soliloquize in Early Modern English. Thursday, June 26 Nathan Deuel and Friday was the Bomb…