James Shapiro

Rebels Without a Cause

In Sam Gold’s Romeo + Juliet, the lovers’ headlong rush into marriage is in tension throughout with the surprising regression to childhood that characterizes so much of the production.

Skytrain to Stratford-upon-Avon

“I sometimes imagine a future in which Shakespeare’s plays have lost their edge, no longer speak to us. That won’t be in my lifetime.”

Shakespeare Noir

There are moments in The Tragedy of Macbeth when Shakespeare and Joel Coen feel in perfect alignment.

The Winter of Our Discontent

The Question of Hamlet

No generation is comfortable with its predecessor’s take on the play

Shylock on Stage and Page

Shylock in Red?