A new two-CD set features music inspired by Shakespeare as well as actors reading his work. Critic Lloyd Schwartz says any excuse to honor the master playwright is a good one. This is FRESH AIR. This ...

Often, exposure to William Shakespeare’s work comes in the form of sitting in a classroom, listening to others read the words in monotone voices. This experience can make it hard to enjoy and ...

THE BASICS: THE TEMPEST, the play by Shakespeare, directed by Fortunato Pezzimenti for the Irish Classical Theatre Company (ICTC), in collaboration with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) ...

In Shakespeare, music is an integral part of the action. But the First Folio, which turns 400 this year, failed to transmit how it should sound. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Musicians from the early ...

Two Lawrence residents will be heard — but not seen — at the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, Kansas City’s version of Shakespeare in the Park. This year’s festival, which runs now through July ...

Find out how to watch, listen to and learn about William Shakespeare's works across the BBC November marks 400 years since arguably the greatest work of English literature was created, the First Folio ...

Composer Greg Mackender (left) and professional stride pianist Bram Wijnands play 1920s-style jazz for 'Twelfth Night.' Theater directors who take on Shakespeare, as Sidonie Garrett does every summer, ...

Nicola Lisle looks forward to an evening of Shakespeare songs at SJE Arts to mark the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death The sixth concert in this year’s SJE International Piano Series has a ...

This is the second of a two-part series by cultural historian and director of the Jamaica Music Museum Herbie Miller on the life and work of master bass player Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare, who died on ...

In a long and highly influential career, Shakespeare was nominated for 13 Grammy Awards and won two. By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital Robbie Shakespeare, the Grammy-winning Jamaican ...