Summer of Shakespeare Story aired: Thursday, July 24, 2003
Starting this fall, the National Endowment for the Arts brings Shakespeare to main street. It's a project called "Shakespeare in American Communities," a 100 city tour throughout the country playing in theaters in small and mid-size cities.
The Bard is blossoming beyond main street too, in the second half of 2003, and joining Here and Now in the studio to talk about the NEA project and other evidence of Shakespeare's undying art and appeal is theater critic Bill Marx.
Bill talks about: "Shakespeare at the Cineplex: The Kenneth Branagh Era" by Samuel Crowl
"Much Ado About Nothing" directed by Kenneth Branagh "Titus" directed by Julie Taymor "Hamlet" starring Ethan Hawke
