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Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead

Monday, November 26, 2012

Local Students Perform in Catholic Memorial's 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'

CM’s drama club, which included young women from Ursuline Academy, rehearsed the play through the fall.

  Catholic Memorial School’s drama club performed Tom Stoppard’s award-winning play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" on November 17-18, with a cast that included Parkway residents Devin Williams-Agyeman, Kevin Gill, Darryl Dorsainvil, and Joe Toscano-MacDonald.  Williams-Agyeman played Alfred, Gill played Claudius, and Dorsainvil and Toscano-MacDonald tragedians in the absurdist drama, one in which Stoppard pokes fun at Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The two lead characters, arguably the most insignificant in Shakespeare’s play, never leave the stage in Stoppard’s retelling, as they wonder aloud about existence, vengeance, identity and fate. CM’s drama club, which included young women from Ursuline Academy, rehearsed the play through the …

Friday, July 29, 2011

Patch Facts

5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 29

More mosquito pools test positive for West Nile Virus; and Congressman Stephen Lynch might be calling you today to talk about the debt ceiling.

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Get Out

Get a Drink From a New England Revolution Player for Haiti

There are two options to catch Shakespeare this week and weekend.

  New England Revolution Bartending Bash for Haiti On Thursday, July 28 from 5 to 9 p.m., come to Market on 21 Broad St. in Boston where players from the New England Revolution Soccer Team will be bartending for charity. Tips go to support the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation's medical, education and community development work in Haiti. Raffle prizes include round trip plane tickets from American Airlines, Adidas gear and Harpoon gear.  For more information, click here. Dublin City Ramblers Concert On Friday, July 29 from 8 to 11 p.m., enjoy a great outdoor concert with some of Ireland's best music at 200 New Boston Dr. in Canton.  Ireland's best ballad and folk group will perform.  Tickets are $20 for ICC Members and $25 General Admission. …

Arts on the Rox

Roxbury Latin Summer Festival Theatre Shakes Up Shakespeare

Roxbury Latin's stage will be the three-week home for "Twelfth Night" and "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern."

The Summer Festival Theater at Roxbury Latin kicks off its 2011 season on Thursday with Tom Stoppard’s absurdist retelling of “Hamlet,” “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” to be joined next week by William Shakespeare’s fast-paced romantic comedy “Twelfth Night.” During breaks at a rehearsal of “Twelfth Night” earlier this week, director Ross MacDonald and cast members David W. Frank and Kenny Steven Fuentes spoke about the play, the characters, and why Shakespeare remains relevant to today’s audiences. David W. Frank is a longtime teacher of English at Roxbury Latin. He also runs the school’s theater program. He plays Sir Toby Belch. “The Sir Toby parts of the play are really fun,” said Frank. “He’s the uncle, the ne’er-do-well older…

Patch Facts

5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 28

Students for the Holy Name Youth Service Project are holding a fundraising carwash today from 5-7 p.m. at the Holy Name Parish School's parking lot.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 27

Learn about the West Roxbury Court House and more...

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