Empty Chair Theatre: Titus Andronicus Review

Anyone who’s ever visited this web site knows that  I love seeing Shakespeare live. From the huge lavish productions of the Shakespeare Theatre Company,  to well – The Empty Chair Theatre of Alexandria, who’s budget is far exceeded by their talent. Well’ I had the pleasure this weekend to see Empty Chair perform Titus Andronicus [...]

Jul 14th – 30th: Empty Chair Theatre takes on Shakespeare’s Bloodiest Play – Including a performance at the Folgers in DC!

Titus is a tough, violent, and bloody play. After seeing it for the first time I had to hit the keyboard and put down my thoughts about who were Shakespeare’s most evil characters, with Aaron from Titus being right at the top  (link: Shakespeares evil). Now that I’ve seen it few times, I’m always interested [...]

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – $15 tickets at Groupon – VERY LIMITED!!!

$15 for One Ticket to Outdoor Theater Performance (Up to $36 Value) Groupon has limited tickets  for $15, you get one adult admission to an outdoor Shakespeare performance from the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company at the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park in Ellicott City (up to a $36 value). Children younger than 18 are admitted for [...]

Review: The Empty Chair Theater’s production of Twelfth Night – To Fun for Words!

  The Empty Chair Theater’s production of Twelfth Night When I first stumbled upon the website for “Empty Chair Theater“, I was a little more than perplexed as to how they decided to use that name for their company. I, coming from the audience perspective, thought of an empty chair as a lack of audience [...]

The Two Gentlmen of Verona – By Brave Spirits Theatre: “Thy Budget Doth Not Always Need Affect Thy Quality”

Last night DC’s newest Shakespearean theatrical company, the Brave Spirits Theatre,  opened it’s doors for the very first time. The play was The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The venue was “The Fridge”, which is literally located in a rear alley behind the administration offices for the “Shakespeare Theatre Company”.  This theater appears to be a [...]

Brave Spirits Theatre – On-line ticketing is having issues. Make’s you think their soldout

UPDATED 06\17: The online sales are now available up to an hour before curtain. Just a note :  Brave Spirits Theatre – Their on line ticketing is having issues. At least for now you cannot purchase tickets on the same day as the play. The ticketing site gives the impression the show is soldout. This [...]

Reminder: Two Opening Nights for Tonight and Tomorrow – Don’t forget to support your local groups!

Opening Nights for Tonight and Tomorrow. TWO GENTLEMAN FROM VERONA performed by Brave Spirits Theatre tomorrow night (June 16th) -  This is the first night of their very first production, so I plan to be there early for a good seat! As I had said in a prior post, even though it’s a new company [...]

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Open’s Today

June 10th to July 24th the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will be performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream. If you have never seen this play, it is one of Shakespeare’s most amazing and magical plays, and should never be missed. I can’t even count how many times I’ve seen it live, and can’t wait to catch it [...]

ALERT-FREE: STC Preview this Sunday for “The Merchant of Venice”

Just got this email – The Shakespeare Theatre Company will be performing a  free preview this Sunday of “The Merchant of Venice” at the Sidney Harman Hall. It’s just my luck I’ll be in Staunton at the Blackfriars watching As You Like it, but if I had the time I would most definitely be there. [...]

The Two Gentlemen of Verona this Month. Performed by Brave Spirits Theatre: DC’s Newest Shakespeare Company!

This is awesome, there’s a new  theatre company with an obvious passion for Shakespeare in Washington DC called “Brave Spirits Theatre”. They’ll be starting out their first season with The Two Gentlemen of Verona on June 16 – 18, 23 – 25. There’s a couple of reasons why I am excited to see the Brave [...]

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