How Shakespeare Affected My Life

Posted on 2012.04.25@06:14:36 (EDT) | 1 comment

Cassius lists twelve ways that William Shakespeare’s works have influenced her. >>>

The Bard’s Blessing

Posted on 2012.04.23@08:41:34 (EDT) | 0 comments

“No, wrong, try again.”

She repeated the words for a fifth time. Angela Vitale, Associate Artistic Director of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. And my freshman-year enlivening nightmare. She was a tiny, lithe Italian woman. Her legs and arms would snake into knots as she’d gaze at you over her red reading glasses, perched as a cliché on her nose. Open on her lap would be her Complete Works, ready to demolish any idea you thought you had about what it meant to “act Shakespeare.”

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Shakespeare Day

Posted on 2012.04.23@00:34:18 (EDT) | 2 comments

I was eleven years old when I saw my first Shakespeare. Macbeth, starring Victor Garber, like I deserved him. I had no idea who he was. Or who Macbeth was. Scotland? Was that the one with the Lucky Charms? Was I missing Power Rangers to be here?
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Plainly Told 4 – Titus

Posted on 2012.04.17@06:14:08 (EDT) | 0 comments

Macbeth’s lady takes a look at the 1999 adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. >>>

Reading Is Dum SPECIAL – Liliom

Posted on 2012.03.25@06:14:45 (EDT) | 3 comments

Nowacking sits down to record her first episode of “Reading is Dum,” but the Reviewing Gods have other plans for her. >>>

The Lean and Hungry Look 9 – Julius Caesar

Posted on 2012.03.15@06:14:32 (EDT) | 0 comments

Cassius investigates why great stage performances of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar tend to be rarities. >>>

The Lean and Hungry Look 8 – Most Underrated Shakespeare Characters, Part 4

Posted on 2012.02.12@06:14:44 (EDT) | 1 comment

Cassius wraps up her Underrated Characters series with the final five! >>>