Archive - Shakespeare News

Michael Pennington: Hong Kong, Helicopters, and Henry IV

May 28 • Kate Pitt

Michael Caine, August Wilson, and Oscar Isaac

Plus: Something Rockin’ in Denmark

May 26 • Kate Pitt

Euphoria, Puppet Eroticism, and macb*tches

Plus: "What if the Scottish king was actually a 13-year-old child star?"

May 18 • Kate Pitt

Shakespeare is the Met Gala

Plus: King John, understatement, and energy-sucking butt magnets

May 12 • Kate Pitt

Swordfighters, Sets, and Secret Shakespeare Fans

Plus: Macbeth but with cats

May 5 • Kate Pitt

April 2026

H.P. Lovecraft, Golf Carts, and Leeks

Plus: "All I can tell you is get a light Ophelia."

Apr 28 • Kate Pitt

Stick Figures, Sweaters, and Sleep No More

Plus: Happy 462nd Birthday!

Apr 23 • Kate Pitt

Shakespeare’s London House Exactly Where We Thought

Plus: Ice cream, the Pope, and lighting yourself on fire

Apr 21 • Kate Pitt

Joe McCarthy, Stephen King, and My Little Titus Andronicus

Plus: Handsome Dan in "Midsummer"

Apr 13 • Kate Pitt

Agatha Christie, Willy Loman, and Faerie Smut

Plus: "The dog will be handled by a tall, male actor who is wearing a hat"

Apr 6 • Kate Pitt

March 2026

Mirrors, Murder, and Magic Sheets

Mar 30 • Kate Pitt

Bachelorettes, Branagh, and Biofiction

Plus: “The Fool…is replaced in this production by a turtle”

Mar 23 • Kate Pitt

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