Shakespeare casting articles

  • Who Is Shakespeare For?

    “What do we do with Shakespeare?” “Who is Shakespeare for?” “What would it look like to reject Shakespeare?” These were questions I put at the center of the Pop Culture Shakespeare class I taught in the summer of 2020, and which I’ll return to this fall. Four hundred and sixty years after the Bard’s birth (nearly to the day, we like to imagine), people have answered these questions many times over. But working with my students taught me that one powerful way to understand Shakespeare today is as...

  • The Debate: Is Shakespeare elitist?

    To celebrate the Bard's birthday, our opinion desk and lifestyle desk go head to head to battle out Shakespeare's enduring legacy.

  • Meet the Cast of the Knuckles Miniseries

    Knuckles may not be getting his own theatrically released movie like Sonic, but he is getting a miniseries on Paramount+ later this week. Just in, we have a new featurette showcasing the series’ star-studded cast which includes Adam Pally (Happy Endings), Scott Mescudi (X), Ellie Taylor (Ted Lasso), Edi Patterson