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Bachelorettes, Branagh, and Biofiction
Plus: “The Fool…is replaced in this production by a turtle”
Mar 23 • Kate Pitt
Bridgerton, Boys, and Baking Powder
Plus: Sure, add live deer to "As You Like It," what could possibly go wrong?
Mar 16 • Kate Pitt
St Patrick’s Day vs the Ides of March, How Are You Celebrating?
Plus: Justice for Calpurnia
Mar 15 • Kate Pitt
Star Trek, Strippers, and Student Matinees
Plus: “Okay, I *was* going to bring up lesbian Othello…”
Mar 9 • Kate Pitt
The Grinch, Houdini, and Baz Luhrmann Walk Into Stoned King Lear
Plus: Groff, As You Like It
Mar 2 • Kate Pitt

February 2026

Much Ado on Broadway, Game of Thrones at the RSC, and Macbeth at the Met
Plus: A German Richard III lost his horse *and* his sword
Feb 23 • Kate Pitt
Steadicams, Sports, and Show Stops
Plus: All the Macbeths: pop, drag, “Friends”, ha ha, therapy, lipstick
Feb 16 • Kate Pitt
Stella, Stencils, and Sacred Spaces
Plus: McKellen does More & Maggie mudlarks
Feb 15 • Kate Pitt
California Gurls, Tiny Earrings, and Moose Heads
Plus: Which Shakespeare descendants ended up in Australia?
Feb 2 • Kate Pitt

January 2026

Bridgerton, Bookclubs, and Banquo on Roller Skates
Plus: Timon Tonight
Jan 26 • Kate Pitt
Star Wars, Southern Accents, and Sonic Stories
Plus: Did Shakespeare have his first kiss under this tree?
Jan 25 • Kate Pitt
Porters, Pepys, and Pens
Plus: Romeo and Juliet and Godzilla
Jan 19 • Kate Pitt
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