Shakespeare’s “Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” is, according to Ben Jonson, “a mouldy tale,” and, until recently, it was seldom staged. In an informal poll of dedicated New York theatre-goers, last week, ...

“Pericles” begins as a so-so play that — presto! — turns into a far better one, a transformation achieved satisfyingly by Folger Theatre’s gently melodic and ever more persuasive presentation of an ...

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This post was updated Feb. 27 at 9:25 p.m. Smooth sailing lies ahead for the Department of Theater’s collaborative efforts on “Pericles.” The Shakespearean play will run from Friday to March 5 at ...

William Shakespeare has acquired a new collaborator for this production of Pericles: director Lois Anderson has reinvented the script and the results are enchanting. There’s a long-standing debate ...

Reconceived by playwright and songwriter Troy Anthony and directed by Carl Cofield of the Classical Theatre of Harlem, this stirring reimagining of Shakespeare’s Pericles blends gospel music with the ...

The wandering prince of the title sings in this version from the Public Theater’s Public Works, with a cast of everyday New Yorkers and stars like Denée Benton. By Derrick Bryson Taylor Photographs ...

SAN DIEGO--If the novelist John Irving, who likes to populate his works with dancing bears, mutilation scenes and other oddities and crudities, were to try his hand at Shakespeare, the result might ...

Late in Pericles Wet, there's a sword fight where one of the combatants carries both a blade and a baby. Murri Lazaroff-Babin plays a cranky sailor who wears a turquoise bandana and speaks in a ...

The ancient Greek statesman Pericles (ca 495–429 B.C.) left his mark on the world in far more ways than the iconic Acropolis that still defines the skyline of Athens. He advanced the foundations of ...