The New Renaissance Theatre Company’s production of David Davalos’s play, Wittenberg, is a low budget-high ambition love-fest of ideas and words, not perfect by any means, with highs and lows that make for a bumpy but ultimately satisfying evening of… Read More ›
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Hamlet’s Campus Days Revealed in Wittenberg
What happened when Hamlet was at school–just before Shakespeare’s play begins? Well, Denmark’s Prince, Doctor Faustus, and Martin Luther walk into a classroom… The Pittsburgh premiere of Wittenberg by David Davalos considers the comic possibilities under the tutelage of New… Read More ›
The New Renaissance Theatre Company Opens Latest Season
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,” may be one of the better-known Shakespeare quotes, but it also happens to describe the ensemble of The New Renaissance Theatre Company’s As You Like It and The Life of Henry… Read More ›
Macbeth
An appreciation for the true essence of ensemble theatre, the electricity of enthusiasm and kinetic nerves that can pulsate through members of a troupe, is something that is not often considered or discussed in modern dramaturgy. While there are certainly… Read More ›
Losing Our Heads Over Shakespeare, Part 2: Pittsburgh Shakespeareans Admit Lifelong Attraction
When we left Part 1 of this mini-series on why Pittsburgh artists lose their heads over Shakespeare’s works, I took the liberty of supposing that his wife Anne might have held the clue to the reportedly missing skull from the… Read More ›