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Two posters, a red one with white text printed on it on the left, and a black one with red and white texts and a black and white portrait on the right, is posted on the entrance of a theater.

Review: ‘All The Devils Are Here’ summons Shakespeare’s villains

Broadway icon Patrick Page masterfully traverses the Bard’s canon to highlight the devil in all of us.
Joseph Paladino, Contributing Writer October 31, 2023

Through “All The Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain,” viewers are taken on a trek through the horrifying. The reinvigorated Off-Broadway one-man-show explores...

An illustration of the Washington Square Arch. Behind the arch sits gray and brown alternating high-rises. On the top right are the words “The Daybook” in an arched shape.

What to do this week: Valentine’s Day card-making, a puppet show and more

The Daybook is WSN’s weekly column listing in-person and online events at NYU and across New York City. This week: Feb. 13-19.
Yezen Saadah, News Editor February 12, 2023

An illustration of the Washington Square Arch. Behind the arch sits gray and brown alternating high-rises. On the top right are the words “The Daybook” in an arched shape.

What to do this week: A bake sale for Ukraine and more

The Daybook is WSN’s weekly column listing in-person and online events at NYU and across New York City. This week: May 2-8.
The News Desk May 2, 2022

A bake sale in support of Ukraine 12:30-3:30 p.m. at the NYU Tandon MakerSpace, 6 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn $1.50 per cookie Take part in the Jewish Student Union’s...

The Public Theater plans to reopen Shakespeare In The Park this summer in Central Park. This free production is returning with an adaptation of “Merry Wives of Windsor.” (Staff Photo by George Papazov)

Hark, Shakespeare fans! Shakespeare in the park plans to reopen in the summer

Public Theater’s free production in Central Park is ready to turn its lights back on with an adaption of “Merry Wives of Windsor.”
Jennifer Ren, Performing Arts Editor April 7, 2021

With the announcement of Broadway’s reopening in the fall and the approaching NY PopsUp program, many of New York City’s in-person performances are planning to return to the...

High School Education Kills Shakespeare All Over Again

High School Education Kills Shakespeare All Over Again

High school analysis of Shakespeare both misses the point of his works and causes many people to dislike them — but this doesn’t have to be the case.
Neil Dittrich, Contributing Writer October 29, 2019

Even mentioning Shakespeare carries such negative connotations for college students that some readers may have already lost interest in this article. The idea of having to sit...

Timothée Chalemet stars in Netflix's new film, The King. (Via Netflix)

‘The King’ Falls Short of Potential

Timothée Chalamet plays a reluctant king in this rendition of Shakespeare’s “Henry V,” jam-packed beyond its bursting point with action and intrigue.
Nicholas Weid, Contributing Writer October 7, 2019

Timothée Chalamet, starring as King Henry in Netflix’s “The King,” has his hip signature hairstyle and carefree bachelor life cut short as he ascends the throne of his grudge-ridden...

From left to right, Zuleyma Sanchez, Sarah Runda and Hartley Bannister-Parker in CAST's production of "The Tempest." This is the first time in the club's 20 year history that it's staging a Shakespeare play. (Courtesy of Hannah Freedman)

CAS Theater Puts on Its First Shakespeare With ‘The Tempest’

Tackling Shakespeare for the first time, College of Arts and Science Theater works through difficult language to breathe new life into a classic work.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer April 21, 2019

College of Arts and Science Theater is putting on its first Shakespeare production in the 20 years since its inception. The club, which just won a 2019 President’s Service Award,...

Cover art for "Season of Migration to the North" by Tayeb Salih. (via Facebook)

Staff Recs: Books We Should Have Read in High School

If you hated your high school humanities classes, the Arts Desk is here to give recs so that you can redo your education the right way.

“Romeo and Juliet.” “The Catcher in the Rye.” Ernest Hemingway. Jane Austen. Classic titles and names that filled our high school syllabi and glazed our eyes over. But...

Skirball Center introduced Stage Pass earlier this year.

Stage Pass Tempts Just 0.1% of Students

NYU Skirball unveiled their Stage Pass, which allows students to see every Skirball show for a discounted price, but how many students actually use it?
Lily Dolin, Staff Writer September 24, 2018
NYU Skirball unveiled their Stage Pass, which allows students to see every Skirball show for a discounted price, but how many students actually use it?
Tisch Film & TV senior Alejandro Cervantes is the director of Shakespeare in the Square’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” He fell in love with theater after going abroad to London.

NYU Students Genderbend Shakespeare

Joshua Jones, Contributing Writer October 16, 2017
NYU students performed a gender-swapped version of Shakespeare's classic in Washington Square Park last weekend.
NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, which introduced the Performance Studies major last year. WSN sat down with  junior Jeremy Swanton to discuss the ins and outs of the program.

StageWorks Shines Light on Shakespeare

Amanda Quinn, Contributing Writer February 21, 2017
With a hearty nod towards the Shakespeare classic "Twelfth Night's" leanings towards queer identity, Tisch Drama StageWorks brings hilarity and uproar to the stage.
Jefferson Reardon stars in Shakespeare in the Square’s production of Coriolanus.

Another Election Gone Awry

Michael Landes, Staff Writer November 14, 2016
The sheer impressiveness of the physicality in Shakespeare in the Square's adaptation of the classic "Coriolanus" makes it more than just good theater — it makes it an aching vindication of the feelings too often trapped inside ourselves.