William Shakespeare

COLD, COLD HEART

TWIN, PACE AND SHOW

HAIL FELLOW

POWER PLAY

Half the World's a Film

Dreamy Update

A Royal Pain

The Pater Principle

The Stormin' Conquest

Planet Earth gales up for The Tempest

Olde English Invasion

Romeo & Juliet and Looking for Richard rethink Shakespeare

Banquo Is Me

A pair of Shakespearean travesties runs the gamut from bard to worse

Best Classical Theater Troupe

Actors' Renaissance Theatre

Wherefore Art Thou, Shakespeare?

A theatre by any other name would be less misleading

Much Ado About Nothing

Time to bury the bodkin

Curtains: Southwest Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at Mesa Arts Center

By Julie Peterson Mary Riley and Richard Baird in The Winter's Tale. Photo by Laura Durant, graphic enhancements by Southwest Shakespeare Co. Watching a play by William Shakespeare can be like watching a biopic (or, for that matter, like trying to get on an O.J. Simpson jury) -- you alre ... More >>

Curtains: BlackPoet Ventures and Black Theatre Troupe's Revenge of a King

Eduardo Montalvo, David Tinsley, and Jade Johnson in Revenge of a King. Photo by Laura Durant. Messing with Shakespeare can be a very good thing. It introduces audiences to a variety of genres and styles of theater that they might have overlooked or avoided in the past. The cross-pollination runs ... More >>

Hot Fuzz

The name might have been synthetic, but not the band

Raising the Bard

A lost Shakespeare play rediscovered . . . maybe

As You Like it or Not

Southwest Shakespeare – gasp! – tinkers with the Bard

The Play's the Thing

A preview of the 2006-2007 season

Love's Play

Short, peppy and well-acted R&J

Ash

The soundtrack of geek romance

Searching for Shylock

Pacino plays Shakespeare's most contentious character in a stirring Merchant of Venice

ROARING SUCCESS

Pacino plays Shakespeare's most contentious character in a stirring Merchant of Venice

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Pacino plays Shakespeare's most contentious character in a stirring Merchant of Venice

And Juliet Is the Son

Nearly Naked Theatre exposes its latest masterpiece

Waiting for Duff Man

The Simpsons shake up Shakespeare

Season of the Switch

Local theater companies are offering a different kind of program this season

O, Brother, When Art Thou?

Tim Blake Nelson's new Othello seems to be a man out of time

Tubal or Not Tubal

Gareth Armstrong's one-man show Shylock

An Update Named Disaster

Americanized Measure for Measure redo goes straight into the bayou

A Night to Remember (Your Lines)

Americanized Measure for Measure redo goes straight into the bayou

Good Will Shakespeare

Stellar cast brings A Midsummer Night's Dream down to earth

No Holds Bard

Stellar cast brings A Midsummer Night's Dream down to earth

Diss Me Kate

Teen Taming of the Shrew isn't quite as you'd like it

Shrew the Day

The Taming of the Shrew

As We Like It

The buoyant Shakespeare in Love indulges in delightful, smart baloney

Anyone for Venice?

The buoyant Shakespeare in Love indulges in delightful, smart baloney

Actors Theatre Henry Rules

The Essential Henry V slims Shakespeare to fighting weight

Bro Tie

The Essential Henry V slims Shakespeare to fighting weight

20th-Century Bard

The Essential Henry V slims Shakespeare to fighting weight

GUT REACTIONHOLLYWOOD'S CURRENT LUST FOR GORE TRACES ITS BLOODLINE TO JACOBEAN TRAGEDY

The Essential Henry V slims Shakespeare to fighting weight

REVEL WITHOUT A GAUZE

The Essential Henry V slims Shakespeare to fighting weight

Revenge of a King Is a Thuggish Hamlet

The Essential Henry V slims Shakespeare to fighting weight

Battle of the Shepherd's Pie

Shakespeare's vs. The Turf Restaurant & Pub When we're feeling a little low, the first stop is usually Tempe's Rula Bula for a pint and a plate of shepherd's pie. With ground beef, veggies, whipped potatoes and cheese, this dish is a comfort classic and one of the first things tha ... More >>

First Friday Fracas

Shakespeare's vs. The Turf Restaurant & Pub When we're feeling a little low, the first stop is usually Tempe's Rula Bula for a pint and a plate of shepherd's pie. With ground beef, veggies, whipped potatoes and cheese, this dish is a comfort classic and one of the first things tha ... More >>

Stray Cat's Twelfth Night of the Living Dead Is Lifeless

Shakespeare's vs. The Turf Restaurant & Pub When we're feeling a little low, the first stop is usually Tempe's Rula Bula for a pint and a plate of shepherd's pie. With ground beef, veggies, whipped potatoes and cheese, this dish is a comfort classic and one of the first things tha ... More >>

Twelfth Night

Shakespeare's vs. The Turf Restaurant & Pub When we're feeling a little low, the first stop is usually Tempe's Rula Bula for a pint and a plate of shepherd's pie. With ground beef, veggies, whipped potatoes and cheese, this dish is a comfort classic and one of the first things tha ... More >>

Twisted Mister

Shakespeare's vs. The Turf Restaurant & Pub When we're feeling a little low, the first stop is usually Tempe's Rula Bula for a pint and a plate of shepherd's pie. With ground beef, veggies, whipped potatoes and cheese, this dish is a comfort classic and one of the first things tha ... More >>

Teenage Dreams

Shakespeare's vs. The Turf Restaurant & Pub When we're feeling a little low, the first stop is usually Tempe's Rula Bula for a pint and a plate of shepherd's pie. With ground beef, veggies, whipped potatoes and cheese, this dish is a comfort classic and one of the first things tha ... More >>