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A new Kobe Bryant statue has multiple errors. It's not the first memorial with typos

4:34pm March 12, 2024

by Diba Mohtasham

Officials say they will correct the misspellings on a recent 19-foot bronze statue of the late Kobe Bryant at Crypto.com Arena. Several other prominent monuments have had similar issues.

A copy of the book "And Tango Makes Three" is photographed on a bookstore shelf in Chicago in 2006. Months after access to the popular children's book about a male penguin couple hatching a chick was restricted at school libraries, a central Florida school district says it has reversed that decision.

Shakespeare and penguin book get caught in Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' laws

5:10pm August 08, 2023

by The Associated Press

Students in a Florida school district will be reading only excerpts from William Shakespeare's plays for class rather than the full texts under redesigned curriculum guides.

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Shakespeare at Sunset brings bilingual bard to Bailey Park in Winston-Salem

3:06pm July 21, 2022

by David Ford

The North Carolina Black Repertory Company presents “Shakespeare at Sunset” this weekend with a twist: Romeo and Juliet in Englis

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John Douglas Thompson portrays the magician Prospero in a Commonwealth Shakespeare Company production of The Tempest in Boston this month.

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Black Theater Artists Are Helping Shakespeare Speak To More Diverse Audiences

5:19pm July 29, 2021

by Jeremy D. Goodwin

Scholars have a mantra: Shakespeare is universal and his works are for everyone. But for Black actors and audiences, does an implicit whiteness in the Bard's canon hinder access and identification?

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UNC School Of The Arts Presents Shakespeare Radio Play For The Pandemic Age

7:01am November 12, 2020

by David Ford

With live theater struggling across the country amidst the pandemic, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem is doing its part to

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A view of Shakespeare's Globe on the banks of the River Thames in London in 2016. The theater faces the threat of closure after the coronavirus lockdown has dried up its streams of revenue.

Shakespeare's Globe May Not Survive Pandemic, U.K. Lawmakers Warn

4:43pm May 19, 2020

by Lynsey Jeffery

Shakespeare's Globe in London is in dire financial straits after being closed since March, the venue's leadership says. The theater is requesting government aid to stay afloat.

A trio of illustrations from the cocktail book Shakespeare, Not Stirred: Ophelia, King Henry VIII and King Lear.

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Boozing With The Bard: How The Masses Find Common Ground With Shakespeare

2:49pm January 28, 2018

by Kristen Hartke

From a theater company where audiences drink along with the actors to a book of cocktails inspired by his plays, alcohol has long been "a great provoker" in making the Bard's work more relatable.

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'The School Of Doing' Pays Tribute To Theater Master, UNCSA Dean Emeritus Gerald Freedman

5:49am December 18, 2017

by David Ford

In the history of modern theatre and film, few have had more impact than Gerald Freedman.

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The Public Theater's production of Julius Caesar in New York's Central Park features a titular character who wears a Donald Trump-like costume and is stabbed to death onstage.

Delta, BofA Drop Support For 'Julius Caesar' That Looks Too Much Like Trump

2:16pm June 12, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

A New York production's Caesar has blond hair, a fondness for long ties and a wife who speaks with a Slavic accent. Delta said the assassination tale "crossed the line on the standards of good taste."

Christopher Marlowe Officially Credited As Co-Author Of 3 Shakespeare Plays

2:09pm October 24, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Oxford University Press will list both William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe as co-authors of the three Henry VI plays in its newest complete edition of Shakespeare's work.