http://people.boston.com/forums/news/local/general/?p=discussiondetails&activityid=5893652700183531193 When my inlaws told me this news today, I was surprised I’d missed it.  But, there it is — Citi will no longer sponsor Shakespeare in the Park for Boston.  The Shakespeare folks, however, say “The show will go on.”  Personally I hope it’s a good thing.  Citi Group never seemed interested in Shakespeare, they merely inherited it when they bought the Wang Center.  As we all know they tried to cut us down to a single week, but people got pissed enough that it went back up to three weeks this year.  Maybe next season they can have a sponsor who doesn’t whine and cry poor about it all season?

http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/reviving-ophelia-as-a-dog-%E2%80%98the-story-of-edgar-sawtelle%E2%80%99/ “…this is a canine version of Hamlet in which a) Ophelia is a dog and b) the story is told partly from “Ophelia”’s point of view.”   Ummm…..ok?

http://www.shakespearepost.com/2008/08/27/shakespeare%E2%80%99s-globe-theatre-launches-new-record-label/ The Globe Theatre is starting a record label?  Different. The first album, Elizabethan Street Songs, will be released next month. Featuring historically researched tunes performed on sackbut, archlute, hurdy-gurdy and other period instruments, Elizabethan Street Songs is a musical interpretation on the not so genteel world of the Elizabethan street musician and singer. I could see releasing an album or two, but a whole record label?  Really?  Let the gangsta rap jokes begin.   West side!

http://www.shakespearepost.com/2008/08/26/olympia-dukakis-goes-to-the-other-side-of-the-island-for-adaptation-of-the-tempest/ Olympia Dukakis co-wrote and co-directed this gender-bending adaptation of The Tempest where not only does Prospero become Prospera, but Caliban is played as a hermaphrodite and Ariel is a “1950’s Stepford housewife.”