Stratford Shakespeare Festival
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Toronto fans might lose composure for composer...performer on the scene today, Chilina Kennedy, will be appearing as guest star. Kennedy, of course, was Maria in this summer's smash Stratford Festival hit West Side Story and will be returning there in the title role of Evita in 2010. In this article: Jason Robert Brown, Mark Taper Forum, Glenn Gould Studio, David Lindsay-Abaire, The Last Five Years, Parade, Stratford Festival, and Rabbit Hole |
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Playbill.com | 5 days ago
Sharon Gless, Stephen Macht to Star in Round-Heeled Woman World Premiere
...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
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thestar.com | 5 days ago
Double Take: Brian Dennehy and Jennifer Tarver
...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
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thestar.com | 6 days ago
Knelman: What the theatres' press releases forgot
...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
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thestar.com | 7 days ago
Briefly: Stratford pays tribute to Douglas Campbell
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
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Playbill.com | November 13, 2009
Welsh Poet Thomas to Materialize in Do Not Go Gentle Off-Broadway
...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
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Guardian | November 11, 2009
Douglas Campbell obituary
...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
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thestar.com | November 11, 2009
Stratford Shakespeare Festival attendance fell 4.7% in '09
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
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ChicagoNow | November 03, 2009
Goodman: Hughie and Krapp's Last Tape
...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
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thestar.com | October 24, 2009
Sonja Smits puts on a good face
...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
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Chicago Tribune | August 26, 2009
Gary Griffin to direct Evita' at 2010 Stratford Festival; Christopher Plummer also on tap
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
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The Stratford Shakespeare Festival (formerly known as the Stratford Festival of Canada) is an annual celebration of theatre running from April to November in the Canadian city of Stratford, Ontario. Theatre-goers, actors, and playwrights flock to Stratford to take part — many of the greatest American and Canadian actors play roles at Stratford. It was one of the first and is still one of the most prominent arts festivals in Canada.
The Festival's primary mandate is to present productions of William Shakespeare's plays, but it also produces a wide variety of theatre from Greek tragedy to contemporary works. Shakepeare's work typically represents about a quarter of the Festival's offerings.
The success of the festival dramatically changed the image of Stratford into one of a city where the arts and tourism play important roles in its economy.
Stratford Shakespeare Festival is listed as a Major Festival in the book Shakespeare Festivals Around the World by Marcus D. Gregio (Editor), 2004.
- Name:
- Stratford Shakespeare Festival
- Location:
- Stratford, Ontario, Canada
- Years Active:
- 1953-present
- Genre:
- arts festival
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