Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, an absurdist, existential tragic-comedy written by British Playwright Tom Stoppard opened Friday evening amidst a room full of eager audience members and hearty ...

Tobias Martin as Hamlet, left, and Alex Grandin as Horatio, right, in “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead” at Albany Civic Theater. The show retells the tragedy of “Hamlet” through two of its minor ...

Mar. 15—Does your life lack "main character energy?" Do you sometimes feel like an extra in an absurdist play? Then, maybe you can relate to William Shakespeare's Hamlet, a prince driven to prolonged ...

WINONA — Audiences might sympathize with the character Rosencrantz when he declares "We're out here on our own and we've got nothing to go on." For, in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," now ...

Parkland College Theatre debuted the play “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” at the Harold and Jean Minear Theatre on Thursday night. The play, directed by Amy Penne and written by British ...

As the crisp weather begins to creep in, the promise of a new season is on the horizon. For many of us, the fresh fall air means a fresh start; a new school year, the kickoff to football season and ...

Hamlet (Elizabeth Helmer), at right, kneels before the ghost of her father (J Hunter) in Home Made Theater’s production of “Hamlet,” running Feb. 28 to March 9 at Saratoga Music Hall in Saratoga ...

“Audiences know what to expect, and that is all they are prepared to believe in” is a central proposition of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,” but I certainly didn’t know what to expect when I ...

Before winning an Oscar as a writer of Shakespeare in Love, Tom Stoppard delivered another ingenious comic retelling involving the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon — he dove into Hamlet and retold it from ...

Tom Stoppard wasn’t aiming for subtlety with the title Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and much about his play is heavy handed. He took the line from Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet and examined ...