 Modern 'Merchant' illuminates issues
Williamsburg is home to many of our country's "firsts," including the first Greek letter fraternity, the first published cookbook and the first professional production of Shakespeare's work. "The Merchant of Venice" premiered at the Douglass-Hallam Theatre in 1753, and this fall the play returns to a Williamsburg stage as a William and Mary Theatre production.
Unlike the colonial debut of the play, which was set in the 16th century, the ... |
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Show highlights Black theater
Next weekend, Professor Gary Green and his African-American Theater class students will be performing a show entitled "Unchained Melody: Black Footprints, Black Voices" in collaboration with the African-American Theatre Club. The show will chronicle ... more |
Bands battle it out
At next Saturday's Battle of the Bands, eight bands will have twenty minutes each to prove how hard they can rock. In the end, the audience will choose which band has shed enough blood, sweat, and tears to earn the title of champion.
For th ... more
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