Brushing Up Your Shakespeare, By The Book Or Not

ERIC GRODE, NY Times: Theater
Fri, 07/27/2018 - 1:00am

Shakespeare finds his way into many a musical, from faithful adaptations to breakthrough works like “Hair.”

Topics: theater

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