Theater
This Famous American Clown Was (Probably) a Model for Uncle Sam
Dan Rice was the John Oliver of the mid-nineteenth century
“Call Me Ishmael” Is the Only Melville Tradition in This Innovative Presentation of “Moby Dick”
Visceral, kinesthetic, cinematic, aural and psychological, Arena Stage’s new show about the 19th-century novel is a 21st-century experience
How Maps Shaped Shakespeare
An exhibition in Boston delves into historical maps to show how the Bard saw the wider world
What Pilgrims Heard When They Arrived in America
They came to America seeking religious freedom, but what did their prayers, and those of the local Native Americans, sound like?
Shakespeare May Have Tailored "Henry V" for a Specific Theater
Archaeological digs at the Curtain theater suggest it looked very different from the Bard’s usual venues
What to Make of Marina Abramović, the Godmother of Performance Art
Is her body of work art, magic, theater or masochism?
These Were the Most-Performed High School Musicals of 2015/2016
Creepy, kooky and supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Researcher Unearths a Trove of New Shakespeare Documents
Archival papers show the Bard was interested in improving his social status
Is There Such a Thing as a “Bad” Shakespeare Play?
More than four hundred years after the Bard’s death, the quality of his works is still a fluid scale
Four Hundred Years Later, Scholars Still Debate Whether Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” Is Anti-Semitic
Deconstructing what makes the Bard’s play so problematic
The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2016
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, our top picks this year are all towns close to America’s natural splendors
A New Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio Was Found in a Scottish Library
Only a few hundred copies still survive
Three Things to Know About Judi Dench's Theater Career
The acclaimed actor's career spans decades
The Strange Career of “Mack the Knife”
As old Macheath is inducted into the National Recording Registry, here's a look back at his long musical life
A New Production of "King Lear" Features 18th-Century Special Effects
The Bristol Old Vic’s thunder run hasn’t been used since 1942
78 Years Ago Today, BBC Aired the First Science Fiction Television Program
And no, it wasn’t 'Doctor Who'
Go Down the Rabbit Hole in This Fantastical French Park
A clown's surreal playground is now open to the public
Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Genius Behind "Hamilton," Broadway's Newest Hit
Composer, lyricist and performer, Miranda wows audiences and upends U.S. history with his dazzlingly fresh hip-hop musical
The Woman Who Built the Waldorf of the Catskills
Despite her humble origins, Jennie Grossinger learned to play the role of hostess
These Brave Playwrights Want to Rewrite Shakespeare
“They have been at a great feast of languages, and stol’n the scraps.”
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