“Henry IV”

Features | Off Broadway

Theatre for a New Audience’s ‘Henry IV’
February 14, 2025February 15, 2025

By LOU HARRY, Special to Theatrecriticism.com Yes, “Henry IV” is the complete title. Sans the “part 1” and “part 2” that traditionally complete the title of William Shakespeare’s historical take, this adaptation fuses the two plays into a three-act, approximately four-hour one-nighter. At Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn, the result is a crisp,…

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Features | Midwest

A Crowning Achievement at the Guthrie: ‘Richard II,’ ‘Henry IV’ & ‘Henry V’
April 20, 2024April 20, 2024

By LOU HARRY While many companies have responded to the challenges facing post-lockdown theater by offering minimally cast shows and/or feel-good entertainments, the storied Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis has taken a very different approach. Through May 25, it’s offering not one but three – well, technically four but with two combined – of Shakespeare’s interconnected…

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