Here’s a cool tid-bit passed to me:
Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive – Past performances for public viewing.
Now’ I am not a theater person so I’ve never heard of this, but this may be old news to everyone else. There’s a local organization that professionally records live theater in the Washington area. Although this is of great interest to scholars and students of theater I’m sure, this might also be cool for someone like me . Not being a scholar or a student I come at Shakespeare the same way I listen to music. I never listen just once, and I like to find as many live variations as possible. As Lincoln said, “”It matters not to me whether Shakespeare be well or ill acted; with him the thought suffices.”
The only down side is you cannot watch at home, but the upside is they can be watched at a couple of locations, including the University of Maryland (just down the road from me). So’ if ya want to catch a play a second time, this may be an option.
Link: http://www.wapava.org/gen.php Click on “Video Archive” and do a “Keyword” search for Shakespeare (Or other interest). Click on “View Shows” to see viewing locations.
From their website:
“WAPAVA pays professional videographers, who with our post-production facility, support WAPAVA by charging us substantially less than market rates. Nevertheless, we are only able to videotape productions where the theatre (or, less frequently, a donor) is able to support the cost of recording and editing. Shows from smaller (and possibly more adventurous) theatres are under-represented.
In 2006, WAPAVA recorded thirty-one productions for the Taylor Collection.”
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I accidentally stumbled on this while looking up something completely different, and is a good example of why I started this web page. Looks like the Fords theater in Washington DC is having a FREE 90 minute presentation about Lincoln and his love for Shakespeare. They will be presenting this with the help of the Shakespeare Theater Company featuring actor Andrew Long.
Just got an email (Thanks Aaron) about a FREE staged reading of Romeo and Juliet… Since I haven’t seen a full blown production of this play yet, I think I’ll skip this. But if I had seen it already, I would most likely go, close my eyes and just absorb.
