A few months ago, Backstage put out an intriguing casting notice for an all-male, ALL-NUDE production of Hamlet set to debut in Brooklyn this summer. Casting Equity actors for "Hamlet." Synopsis: With an all-male … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Derek Jacobi
October 22, 1938- Derek Jacobi was invited by Laurence Olivier to become one of the 8 founding members of The National Theatre, right after graduating from Cambridge. An extremely … [Read more...]
Art News 2: Damien Hirst Builds an Entire Town… But What To Call It?
The richest artist in the world, Damien Hirst, is planning to build a town from scratch in Devon, on a section of his property. The planning application calls for 750 homes, a school, … [Read more...]
If Ophelia Had Had a Sassy Gay Friend, She’d Still Be Alive Today
A video what-if (or if-only) starring Colleen Foy and Second City alumnus Brian Gallivan. So sad. (t/y Ed) … [Read more...]
Brian Cox Teaches a Master Class in Acting
Brian Cox, the award-winning actor best-known for portraying cinema's original Hannibal Lecter, in 1986's Manhunter, apparently will now sit in your kitchen and give private lessons in Shakespearean drama to your two-year-old. And the funny thing is he's such a good teacher that … [Read more...]
Your Morning Danish
With just one more month left in its residency at the Broadhust on Broadway, the Jude Law-starring production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet is officially a popular and commercial hit, in case you were wondering. When it … [Read more...]
Snap!
Do you recognize this obviously gay man? It's Jude Law, on his merry way to the Broadway theater and the matinee performance of Hamlet, in which he's currently starring. And by "obviously gay" we mean both that he seems to be … [Read more...]
