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BEGIN AGAIN at The Old Globe
'Begin Again' at the new musical The Old Globe has plenty of heart, terrific performances, and a theatrical imagination that makes making music feel almost tangible.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at The Old Globe
'Much Ado About Nothing' is funny, energetic, musical, and remarkably approachable. Is it a millennial fever dream?Maybe, but everyone was having a great time.
CYRANO at The Old Globe
Funny, charming, and quietly heartbreaking, CYRANO at The Old Globe reminds us that the greatest obstacle to love is often believing we're unworthy of it.
Interview: Michael Braun on Finding the Heart—and Humor—in CYRANO at The Old Globe
Some theatrical characters are so deeply embedded in our cultural imagination that audiences arrive already knowing something about them. Cyrano de Bergerac is certainly one of those: the brilliant poet, dazzling swordsman and hopeless romantic whose wit can fill a room, even as his insecurity about his appearance keeps him from believing he can be loved.
NORTH BY NORTHWEST at The Old Globe
The Old Globe’s North American premiere of “North by Northwest” succeeds by bringing something many of these adaptations lack: a finely tuned sense of style and panache.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE at The Old Globe
This beautifully acted and thoughtfully staged “Measure for Measure” proves there is plenty worth measuring here.
THE HOMBRES at The Old Globe
“The Hombres” is a thoughtful examination of friendship, masculinity, and the surprising ways personal growth can occur in the unlikeliest of places.
KIM'S CONVENIENCE at The Old Globe
“Kim’s Convenience,” now playing at The Old Globe through June 14, delivers a warm and funny portrait of family, community, and the complicated push and pull between tradition and change.
Interview: Brittany Bradford And Emma Ramos of ALIEN GIRLS at The Old Globe
Interview with Brittany Bradford and Emma Ramos from 'Alien Girls' and talk about building this layered friendship, navigating its emotional fault lines, and what they hope audiences carry with them after the final scene.
ALIEN GIRLS at The Old Globe
“Alien Girls” is a play about friendship—specifically female friendship—in all its messy, contradictory, deeply human glory.
FENCES at The Old Globe
With this excellent cast and directing, Fences' doesn’t just honor August Wilson’s language—it revels in it while bringing this classic story to life at The Old Globe through May 3rd.
FIASCO THEATER’S BARTLEBY at The Old Globe
There are few phrases in literature more quietly unhinged than “I would prefer not to.” And in Fiasco Theatre’s 'Bartleby”, now playing at The Old Globe through March 22, that polite little sentence lands like a stick of dynamite in an otherwise well-oiled office machine.
Interview: Charlie Barnett of HEDDA GABLER at The Old Globe
Interview with Charlie Barnett, currently playing George in HEDDA GABLER at The Old Globe through March 22nd.
HEDDA GABLER at The Old Globe
“Hedda Gabler” by Henrik Ibsen, now given a taut new version by Erin Cressida Wilson and directed with precision by Barry Edelstein at The Old Globe, stars Katie Holmes in the title role through March 22nd.
Interview: Andrew Polec of DR. SEUSS’S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! at The Old Globe
Interview with 5-time Grinch, Andrew Polec, about slipping back into Grinch-mode, backstage Whoville traditions, audience antics, and the fan mail (and fan art)!
Interview: Berto Fernández And Giovanny Diaz De Leon of ¡CÓMO EL GRINCH ROBÓ LA NAVIDAD! at The Old Globe
An Interview with Berto Fernández and Giovanny Diaz de Leon, who bring Old Max and Young Max to life ¡Cómo el Grinch robó la Navidad!' a world premiere Spanish language concert adaptation, “Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” at The Old Globe.
HUZZAH! at The Old Globe
The Renaissance is alive and well at The Old Globe, where “Huzzah!,” a new musical comedy, transforms a modern Renaissance faire into a comedic battleground for family squabbles, financial woes, and the eternal question of how much authenticity is too much.
DECEIVED at The Old Globe
DECEIVED entertains as an elegant thriller, with the audience on opening night booing the villains and cheering the heroes.
COMEDY OF ERRORS at The Old Globe
'The Comedy of Errors,” now playing through August 24th zips by like a very special extended episode of a TGIF sitcom, equal parts Shakespeare and sitcom slapstick.
NOISES OFF is Comedic Theatrical Mayhem at The Old Globe
“Noises Off”, playing at The Old Globe through August 10, is a gloriously chaotic revival directed by Gordon Greenberg, an affectionate, expertly timed, and utterly ridiculous homage to the disaster-prone world of live theatre.