http://www.rebelshakespeare.org Christine and Keri, my new friends in the neighborhood, have put up the schedule for their Romeo and Juliet. Rebel Shakespeare is acted by kids – perhaps Christine or Keri can chime in and tell us what age group will be performing this show? Friday August 22 5pm: The Athanaeum. Salem MA, outdoors in the garden… Friday nights they do a “speakers series” and Keri will be the speaker, and the kids will do the production. Very high class.
Saturday August 23 1pm: Mary Jane Lee Park, Salem MA. Saturday August 23 5pm: Open – Possibly Beverly or Marblehead.
Sunday August 24 1pm: Open – Possibly Beverly or Marblehead
Sunday August 24 5pm: Derby Square, Old Town Hall steps, Salem MA. Monday — Day off, or as they say in theatre “dark” day.
Tuesday August 26 1pm: The Senior Center, Salem MA Tuesday August 26 6pm: Palmer Cove Ballfield. Salem MA. Around the corner from Mary Jane Lee Park, the outfield will be Verona, and the lights will be turned on so everyone can be seen.
Wednesday August 27 1pm: Tentative — Moesley Woods Park, Newburyport MA. A natural wooded amphitheater with a giant rock sculpture/climbing thing that will be good for the balcony scene.
Wednesday August 27, 5pm: Winnekenni Castle, Haverhill MA. I love the idea of Romeo and Juliet performed by kids on a playground. Seems like such a natural setting, which I suppose could turn really dark once the killing begins.
Month: July 2008
Commonwealth Shakespeare On Boston Common : The Blog
http://commshakes.org/blog1/ Not all of you can work on the edge of Boston Common like me and watch the sets go up every day :). So Christine passed along this link where you can watch Commonwealth Shakespeare blog their production progress! Cooooool. Bonus – scroll down and you’ll even get a peek at some costume sketches. Neat!
Shakespeare Riots?
So a coworker comes over to my cube today and says, “Surely you’ve heard about the Shakespeare Riots?” No, I had not. http://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Riots-Revenge-Nineteenth-Century-America/dp/0345486943 I see there’s a book about it – some scuffle in 1849 that resulted in 100 people wounded and 20 dead at Astor Place in New York City. Anybody know the scoop?
Hamlet Art
http://search.deviantart.com/?section=browse&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5&q=hamlet Artists impress me, because I have no talent for that sort of thing at all. I love the variety of interpretations to be found in these visuals.
Macbecks?
http://www.fushionmag.com/entertainment/meet-the-macbecks/ I do hope this is a joke – a musical starring Victoria and David Beckham as the Macbecks, the story of a man who sacrifices his career for his ambitious wife. Update: More information here tells me that it is not a joke. Apparently it will use quotes from Macbeth, King Lear, and Romeo and Juliet. Now I just need them to use “wherefore” in the context of “where” instead of “why” and I’ll know what the ninth circle of Hell is like.