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Official A Midsummer Night's Dream | Bridge Theatre | National Theatre at Home Full Performance
In case you're unaware, The National Theatre has been streaming plays as both a fundraiser and a way to keep the arts alive while all the theaters are shut down and everyone is at home Think of it as a "Greatest Hits of Recent Years" – they had a 2014 performance of A Streetcar Named[...]
A scene from Coriolanus with Tom Hiddleston (Image: National Theatre).
While theaters worldwide are shuttered because of the pandemic, London's National Theatre has taken to streaming a different play each week since April Their National Theatre at Home series re-broadcasts high-quality recordings of past shows made free for all on YouTube each week This week's presentation is one of my personal favorites: Coriolanus Now, perhaps[...]
Marvel to Terrorize High School Theater With Three New Plays
In an attempt to branch out from the traditional comic book direct market, Marvel Comics has announced a partnership with Samuel French to release a series of three Marvel plays to be performed in high school theaters Dubbed Marvel Spotlight, the three plays include Hammered: A Thor and Loki Play, Squirrel Girl Goes to College:[...]
john legend
Whether or not it was the Power of Christ that compelled them to do it, NBC is elevating Grammy Award-winning musician John Legend (La La Land, Underground) to "Son of God" status as Jesus Christ in the network's upcoming live musical remake of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar Live[...]
Something Rotten! Review: Broadway's Shakespearian Romp Lands In San Francisco
Coming off of a 742-performance run on Broadway, the national tour has landed in San Francisco for a three and a half week run (until September 10th) at the Orpheum Theater It's a comedic look at late 16th-century London and the rock-star status of The Bard, William Shakespeare (played here by Adam Pascal, who also[...]
Shakespeare Meets A Post-Apocalyptic Manga World In Hamlet Max Theater Performance
By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent The 75-seat Schkapf and Sacred Fools Theater in Los Angeles is hosting a limited run of William Shakespeare's Hamlet Presented by Central City, theatre actor Jacob Sidney directed Hamlet Max, which he adapted from Shakespeare's Second Quarto The eight-member cast portrayed 16 different parts with minimal costume[...]
DC Comics New 52 Movie Theater Trailer Debuts
Bleeding Cool told you back in June that DC Comics planned a major advertising campaign that included Cartoon Network and movie theater ads to launch the New 52  Earlier tonight, Hero Complex debuted trailer footage for National CineMedia's FirstLook program. The preview spot features covers and inside art from issues such as Justice League No[...]