How a Jewish scholar became the Shakespeare whisperer helping to make ‘Hamlet’ relevant to our times
James Shapiro first encountered Shakespeare in the classroom, but that's not where he learned to love the Bard
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This is just like that time Carrie dated the candidate for city treasurer, except so much juicier. via GIPHY Politico has obtained 1,320 pages of emails from City Hall using a freedom of information request — all between New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and various aides of…
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Community What Would Goebbels Really Think Of Julius Ceasar?
You’d think that having grown up in New York, I wouldn’t feel my heart swell with pride every time I look around and see multiple kipah-covered heads. And yet, as I waited in line to enter the Delecorte Theater in Central Park, I couldn’t help but smile at the obvious number of Jewish audience members….
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Culture Corporations Don’t Actually Care About Julius Caesar, Art Or You
There is a point that must be made: Corporations are not your friends. I am writing here in reference to the current Shakespeare in the Park production of “Julius Caesar” in which the titular character is portrayed by an actor who dresses and acts conspicuously like Donald Trump. I haven’t seen the play, so I…
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The Schmooze Forward Fives: 2010 in Performance
In this, the second annual Forward Fives selection, we celebrate the year’s cultural output with a series of deliberately eclectic choices in film, music, theater, exhibitions and books. Here we present five of the most important Jewish performances of 2010. Feel free to argue with and add to our selections in the comments. Hapless Hooligan…
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The Schmooze Religious Conflict in the Bedroom at the Midtown Theatre Festival
Summer means many things to the New York theater community: epically long lines at the Delecorte for whatever Shakespeare in the Park production has the biggest names; the closing of many sleepy last-season hits; and of course the plethora of festivals packing Off-Off Broadway houses citywide. Like its downtown counterpart, the Fringe Festival, the Midtown…
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