What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

#1

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/17/13 at 11:47pm

All the love for the new Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet returning, and the fact I'm studying Othello in English class, my interest in the Bard has been renewed. Which Shakespeare play do you think should play next in a Broadway theater? Or do you think that Shakespeare should stay in London, with only RSC performing it?

Personally, I'd love to see Titus Andronicus, with a dark director at the helm.

#2

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/17/13 at 11:54pm

Like George Wolfe?

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#3

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/17/13 at 11:56pm

Shakespeare productions- quality Shakespeare productions- aren't at all rare in NYC. They're just not often on Broadway.

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#4

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/17/13 at 11:57pm

Namo, did Sue tell you it's ok to be un-PC with that statement?

#5

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 12:43am

A Midsummer Night's Dream.

#6

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 12:54am

^Please no, I've seen enough of A Midsummer Night's Dream for a long time. I'm excited for Comedy of Errors at the Delacorte this summer!

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#7

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 1:34am

I say bring back "Two Gentlemen of Verona." (And by that I mean the Tony-winning musical with a Galt MacDermot score.)

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#8

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 7:09am

I'll never get tired of The Tempest, and it would be really great to see a production of it with a big budget and creative art direction.

#9

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 7:25am

Kiss me Kate

#10

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 9:01am

I'd love to see Titus Andronicus or Julius Caesar.

#11

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 9:44am

Titus Andronicus, Richard II, Henry VIII (which I LOVE-but you need someone pretty charismatic to play Henry).

#12

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 9:53am

I'd also love to see Henry V. The St. Crispin's Day speech is one of my favorite monologues.

#13

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 9:55am

I second Julius Caesar

#14

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 9:58am

We just had CAESAR not too too long ago, though. There's many others that deserve productions before that one is mounted again, I think.

#15

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:00am

Cripsin Glover as Richard III.

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#16

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:26am

Although I love Kiss Me, Kate, what about just plain old Taming of the Shrew? I still find the play interesting apart from the musical

#17

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:28am

I was hoping the irreverent, fun production of Much Ado About Nothing I saw in London with David Tennant and Catherine Tate would transfer.

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#18

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:33am

Kelly, I would have DIED to see that production. Gotta love the Doctor and Donna.

I personally think we should give up on Shakespeare and produce more Theresa Rebeck. It's about time for a SEMINAR revival.

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#19

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 12:19pm

KING LEAR!!!!

#20

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 12:24pm

While this is not concrete confirmation, this article:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2289881/Mark-Rylance-rule-BBCs-Wolf-Hall-adaptation-best-selling-novel.html

indicates that the Globe's TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III starring Mark Rylance will play Broadway sometime after he's done directing MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Old Vic in September

#21

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 12:24pm

Bring Gregory Doran over to do something...anything...

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#22

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 12:41pm

I would love to see Rylance's Twelfth Night/Richard III transfer- I spent a week in London last fall, and got there just as the Globe finished their season, so I missed what apparently was an incredible production.

I'd also love to see a production of Titus Andronicus anywhere, largely just because I really love that play.

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#23

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 12:47pm

The Winter's Tale. The last time it was on Broadway was 1946. with Jessie Royce Landis as Hermione, Henry Daniell as Leontes and Jo Van Fleet as Dorcas.

#24

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 1:41pm

I would love to see a Tennant and Tate Taming of the Shrew.

If they wanted to hardcore and do a BBC all-star Twelfth Night, think of this cast:

Viola: Catherine Tate
Orsino: David Tennant
Olivia: Billie Piper
Sebastian: Andrew Scott
Malvolio: Benedict Cumberbatch
Sir Toby: Rich Fulcher
Sir Andrew: Matt Berry
Maria: Una Stubbs
Feste: Richard Aoyade

#25

What should be the next Shakespeare play on Broadway?

Posted: 4/18/13 at 2:08pm

I vote Othello, I think this is one of my favorite Shakespeare shows I have ever seen, and I have seen it a few times. Another good one would be Much Ado About Nothing. Another one of my favorites!