When a play’s leading politician begins by declaring that he is “determined to prove a villain,” it’s best to believe him. As the bodies pile up in King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe’s “Richard III,” ...

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse will present a special week-long return engagement of ...

Richard of Gloucester is a walking contradiction–wholly appealing yet slimy and sinister. An absolute menace while letting the audience know what he’s going to do, goes off and does the thing and then ...

In the realm of Shakespearean tragedy, “Richard III” is a darkly captivating tale of manipulation, power and ambition. The titular character — a cunning, charismatic and malevolent figure, at least as ...

The Black Theatre Troupe was founded in Phoenix in 1970 by Helen Katherine Mason to address social issues through art. The troupe's current production, "The African Company Presents Richard III," ...

Those who associate Shakespeare's "bottled spider" with various excuses through the years for overindulgence and/or camp got instead a portrait of gathering psychosis that was considerably more biting ...

Earning their bread with satires of white high society, the African Company came to be known for debunking the sacred status of the English classics (which many politically and racially motivated ...