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Mark Rylance

Double The Shakespeare, Double The Fun

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 01.19.2013 | Arts

LONDON — In his last stage role, Mark Rylance thrilled audiences as a bawdy bard for modern Britain. Now he's going back to an earlier Bard in a...

Shakespeare's Beloved Characters Storm London

The Huffington Post | Hallie Sekoff | Posted 08.30.2012 | Arts

This week, Shakespeare’s most famous characters are storming the streets of London. At various landmarks scattered around the city, unsuspecting...

Beloved British Actor Out Of Olympics Ceremony After Tragic Death

AP | Posted 07.06.2012 | Home

LONDON -- Actor Mark Rylance has pulled out of the Olympics opening ceremony after the sudden death of his stepdaughter, Nataasha van Kampen. In a st...

Lucas Kavner

The Boycott Against An Israeli Theater Company

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 04.19.2012 | Home

When Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London invited the prominent Israeli theater company Habima to perform at their nonpartisan "Globe to Globe" festi...

First Nighter: Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor About to Make Movie Screens Merry

David Finkle | Posted 08.27.2011 | Arts
David Finkle

Falstaff is going global. Or you might say, Falstaff is going Globe-al. What's meant by that? Well, Shakespeare's Globe London Cinema Series begins tonight with 6:30 p. m. screenings in theaters across the country.

2011 Tony Awards Predictions

James Sims | Posted 08.08.2011 | Arts
James Sims

It's that time again. The Tony Awards are nearly upon the Broadway community. All in all, a fantastic season -- strong plays, great performances and even a few celebrities thrown in the mix.

On the Culture Front: Jerusalem, Fleet Foxes, and Living in Havana

Chris Kompanek | Posted 08.01.2011 | New York
Chris Kompanek

Jerusalem is truly an exhilarating story of lives unfulfilled that captures something rare about the human condition.

First Nighter: Tony Nominees Attend Press Meet-and-Greet

David Finkle | Posted 07.05.2011 | Arts
David Finkle

The 2011 Tony Award nominations were announced early Tuesday morning, which can only mean that the annual press meet-and-greet erupted -- or something like that -- not quite so early Wednesday morning.

Jerusalem on Broadway: No Trip to the Holy Land

Regina Weinreich | Posted 06.26.2011 | Arts
Regina Weinreich

Mark Rylance, after a second standing ovation following the evening performance of Jerusalem at the Music Box Theater, wanted to let the audience know...

Theater: Saint Rylance Of "Jerusalem"

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.21.2011 | Entertainment
Michael Giltz

JERUSALEM *** out of **** THE MUSIC BOX Is there a better, more versatile stage actor alive than Mark Rylance? Comedy, drama, tragedy -- he handles i...

On the Culture Front: T-Post, Client 9 and More

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Chris Kompanek

Each shirt has a story idea illustrated by an artist with a colorful graphic on the front of the shirt. Flip it inside out to read the article.

Theater Reviews: Lombardi Scores a Field Goal; La Bete Better for Actors

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Michael Giltz

I missed the original production of La Bete but dimly recall the reviews. I fear I'm repeating them when I say that this comedy in rhymed verse does an all-too effective job in creating a boor who outstays his welcome.

Stage Door: La Bete, A Life in the Theater, Lady Rizo

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Fern Siegel

First performed in 1991, with a dazzlingly white-and-black skewed set, La Bete's current incarnation is in a towering library. The ideas may be lofty, but the reality is disquieting.