“LONDON — On a rainy afternoon, Kathryn Hunter rises from a table in an upstairs rehearsal room at the Young Vic Theater and begins an extraordinary transformation. Her knees bend and her pelvis lowers. Her toes twist inward and her elbows…
“CAKE has been preparing to play Benedick in William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing since he was 9 years old. He even earned trophies for his performance. ‘I would compete against other snotty nosed young kids for trophies doing speeches…
By Scott Brown “Mad Men’s (and Sons of Anarchy’s) Maggie Siff and Brideshead Revisited’s Jonathan Cake joust delightfully in a mostly solid, sweetly simple, gently cheering Much Ado About Nothing from director Arin Arbus and Theater for a New Audience. Siff follows up (but…
“The director Arin Arbus and her excellent players in the Theatre for a New Audience present a bold, bifurcated version of the Shakespeare comedy. Before intermission, the show, stuffed as it is with nonstop banter and wordplay, is wonderfully airy…
“Sigh no more, ladies (and gents), sigh no more. Instead, you should rejoice—and then nip out tobuy tickets from Theatre for a New Audience. In a masterstroke, Arin Arbus’s frequently charming production of Much Ado About Nothing has cast Jonathan Cake as…
The New York Shakespeare Exchange (NYSX) is a New York-based theatre organization that combines Shakespearean text with contemporary themes and urban settings. They offer a variety of programs that are not only accessible but also a lot of fun. One…
NEW YORK (AP) — William Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” benefits from a lighthearted approach and an evenly-matched pair of verbal jousters to conduct a battle of the sexes. An accomplished, zestful production by Theatre for a New Audience…
“There are occasions when the title of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” seems all too apposite. Such is the unhappy case with theTheater for a New Audience production that opened on Sunday night at the Duke on 42nd Street, spreading mirth…
In January, Julie Taymor announced that she will direct A Midsummer Night’s Dream as the inaugural production in our first Brooklyn home. She was recently featured in the New York Times, as well as the Guardian. To read either article,…