Tag: shakespeare
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“Titus Andronicus” at The Stage Austin
In his director’s note, Titus Andronicus director Brian Hensley describes his production as a “chilling commentary on the systems of power that persist today”. It’s true that the broad concept overseeing The Stage Austin’s current production of Shakespeare’s bloody tragedy is something like “there are parallels between Titus and the current American political and cultural…
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“The Winter’s Tale” by Twelve Satyr Shakespeare
Twelve Satyr Shakespeare is one of the newest theatre companies in town (they seem to be popping up overnight), a venture started by recent Shakespeare at Winedale alums Leo Weiser and Andrew Wissman. For their first performance, Twelve Satyr staged The Winter’s Tale – an intrepid choice, as it’s not one of the Bard’s more…
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“Hamlet” by Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project
Hamlet is a hard show. It’s hard on the actors (title role especially) and the directors. Every choice a production makes, perhaps more than most Shakespeare plays, is going to garner an opinion – How long will an audience sit still for? Which lines are too iconic to cut? Should any lines be cut? How…