Before remounting “Much Ado About Nothing,” William Shakespeare’s classic battle of the sexes, it’s important to remember that there’s more to the comedy than Beatrice and Benedick’s skirmish of wits.

For Beatrice and Benedick, wit is a full-contact sport, and each is happy to throw some elbows, believing themselves to above something as trivial as “love.” But would they really be pushing back if ...

A Shakespearean comedy comes to 1940s Appalachia in PlayMakers Repertory Company's rendition of "Much Ado About Nothing." The play, which opened on Nov. 18, begins with the return of a group of ...

It’s considered a comedy, but in some ways, Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” is a play at war with itself, in much the same way that its two major protagonists, Benedick and Beatrice, are at war ...

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After taking peeks behind the Schaeffer Theatre curtain since January, exploring the preparations for an ambitious Bates theater production, the curtain has been raised. And what a sight to behold.

The New Canon Theatre Company will open its second season in the bucolic setting of a Carmel Valley winery, where its players spin a tale of true love, witty brilliance, triumph over treachery and a ...

What could be more pleasant than watching a romantic comedy at a nearby park on a summer afternoon for free? That’s what’s in store when CenterStage in Lake Forest’s Shakespeare in the Parks presents ...

If Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” were a modern TV drama, it would be a trending hashtag — #BelieveWomen. Written around 1598, the Bard’s tale of romantic deception and mistaken identity still ...

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