Our 2018 Speaking of Shakespeare offerings commenced at the NATIONAL
ARTS CLUB on January 29 with STEPHEN
BURDMAN, Founder and Artistic Director of the New York Classical Theatre.
We then made a foray to Washington's Dupont Circle for a luncheon gathering
at the WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB, where our guest was renowned actor
and director KEITH BAXTER. A few
weeks later, on February 28, we were back at the NAC for a festive evening
with filmmaker and producer ELEANOR
BERGSTEIN of Dirty Dancing fame. On March 20 and 21 we returned
to Manhattan's Gramercy Park for programs at THE PLAYERS, with director
JESSE BERGER of the Red Bull Theatre,
and the NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, with retired McCarter Theatre director
NAGLE JACKSON.
On April 18 we enjoyed a scintillating conversation at
the NAC with Princeton scholar EDWARD
TENNER. On May 15 we gathered at THE PLAYERS for a memorable evening
with director, filmmaker, and author SIR
RICHARD EYRE. And on June 14 at the NAC we concluded our spring programming
for 2018 with New Yorker favorite ADAM
GOPNIK. In September we opened our autumn season with two stellar programs
at THE PLAYERS, a collaborative event with PBS station WNET on the 17th
that focused on Season 3 of Shakespeare Uncovered, with special
guest F. MURRAY ABRAHAM,
and a three-part drama series on the 25th, 26th, and 27th that focused on
The Lives of Shakespeare.
On October 17 we enjoyed a charming conversation at the NAC with Washington
Post drama critic PETER MARKS.
And a month later, on November 26 at The Players, we concluded an unusually
eventful year with a special tribute to the DRAMA
BOOK SHOP, a venerable institution that had been forced to leave the
West 40th Street location it had occupied since 2001 and was seeking the
financial support to reopen in a new Broadway setting. A few weeks after
our gathering we learned from a January 8th article in the
Times that Lin-Manuel Miranda and his Hamliton colleagues
had purchased the Shop. And a later Times update noted that it
would soon reopen at
another location in the theater district.
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