Stratford Shakespeare Festival

...with a man after 30 years." Macht starred as Proctor in The Crucible, Orsino in Twelfth Night and Dunois in Saint Joan at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada, where he was scouted and signed by Universal Television to come to...

In this article: Sharon Gless, Stephen Macht, San Francisco, Burn Notice, Madeline Westen, Golden Globe, Amy Madigan, and Showtime

...made their show a hit Jennifer Tarver was brought in to direct Brian Dennehy in 'Krapp's Last Tape' by Samuel Beckett at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in 2008. KEITH BEATY/TORONTO STAR AND SUPPLIED PHOTO In the world of theatre,...

In this article: Brian Dennehy, Krapp's Last Tape, Cocoon, Googling, Goodman Theatre, Samuel Beckett, Baz Luhrmann, and Romeo + Juliet

...move in 2008 to renew its dedication to Shakespeare and make a point of calling itself the Stratford Shakespeare Festival instead of just the plain old Stratford Festival. In 2009, there were only three Shakespeare plays out of 14 shows.

In this article: Live Nation, New York, West Side Story, Stratford, Broadway, Toronto, and The Importance of Being Earnest

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival will hold a memorial Monday at the Festival Theatre for late actor-director Douglas Campbell. The theatre titan died Oct. 7 in Montreal. He was 87. A police chief on trial in Ohio acknowledges that he...

In this article: Nicole Richie, Stratford, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Montreal, and Ohio

...will portray poet Dylan Thomas in Leon Pownall's Do Not Go Gentle, which will begin performances Off-Broadway Nov. 19. A veteran of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and a Helen Hayes Award winner, Davies will headline the work that is...

In this article: Dylan Thomas, Geraint Wyn Davies, Leon Pownall, Purgatory, Deaths and Entrances, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Lindsay Lohan, and Cyrano

...Shakespearean actor with strong links to Canada and the US Douglas Campbell in Oedipus Rex in 1955 at Stratford, Ontario. Photograph: Stratford Shakespeare Festival The actor Douglas Campbell, who has died aged 87, made a significant...

In this article: Tyrone Guthrie, Douglas Campbell, Stratford, Christopher Plummer, Falstaff, and A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival released its final attendance figures for the 2009 season on Tuesday and it seems to have performed the same script as the Shaw Festival this summer. Both festivals had a slow start due to the recession,...

In this article: Revenue, Stratford, Recession, West Side Story, Des McAnuff, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

...growing regret whether his present lives up to his past. These conjoined productions were first performed to universal acclaim at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Summer 2008. Tickets to Hughie/Krapp's Last Tape ($25 - $83) go on...

In this article: Hughie, Krapp's Last Tape, Joe Grifasi, Broadway, Brian Dennehy, and Goodman Theatre

...closely with classmates such as Mary Walsh (see sidebar). She also was directed by a very young Des McAnuff (now artistic director of the Stratford Festival), who was already rebelling against the school rules. The school didn't want...

In this article: Sonja Smits, That Face, Des McAnuff, Street Legal, Seaton McLean, Traders, and The Eleventh Hour

Gary Griffin to direct "Evita' at 2010 Stratford Festival; Christopher Plummer also on tap The Chicago director Gary Griffin, whose remarkable current Stratford Festival production of "West Side Story" is one of the most acclaimed productions...

In this article: Stratford Festival, Christopher Plummer, Evita, Brent Carver, Chicago, The Winters Tale, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Shakespeares