“Conspiracy.” By Tracy Tormé and Robert Sabaroff. Perf. Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Denise Crosby, Gate...

Muse of Fire . Dir. Dan Poole and Giles Terera. Perf. Dan Poole, Giles Terera,  Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, John Hurt, Ben K...

Tripp, Wallace, comp. and illus. A Great Big Ugly Man Came up and Tied his Horse to Me: A Book of Nonsense Verse . Boston: Little, Brown, ...

Shulman, Polly. Enthusiasm . New York: G. P. Putnam, 2006. Although this Young Adult Novel is, strictly speaking, far more of a Jane Aus...

Whenever I talk to people about a course I'm teaching, I always encounter the "Why aren't you teaching this text?" lists...

Mantchev, Lisa. Eyes Like Stars . New York: Square Fish, 2010. Opening note: While composing this post, I discovered that this novel...

“Shakespeare.” By Matt Robinson. Perf. Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Arnold Stang, and Sammy Davis, Jr. Dir. Jay S...

Aliki. William Shakespeare and the Globe . St. Louis: Turtleback Books, 2000. Avi had a take on Romeo and Juliet ; Aliki has a take on S...

Marion, Isaac. Warm Bodies: A Novel . New York: Atria Books, 2011. Zombie stories are anathema to me. I do not understand the recent accel...

“Bottom’s Up.” By  Carol Flint & Simran Baidwan . Perf. Jake Weber, Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Flint, Reshma Shetty, Brooke...

“Hamlet.” By Monty Python et al. Perf. Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Connie Booth, and Eric Idle. ...

The Bard on Madison Avenue. A Few Selected Advertisements. Various Years. Various Sources. Various Products. Bardfilm  has addressed Sha...

Rennison, Louise. A Midsummer Tights Dream . New York: HarperTeen, 2012. In the name of awareness more than anything else, I'm mention...

Avi. Romeo and Juliet: Together (And Alive!) at Last . New York: Scholastic Paperbacks, 2012. Avi has written children's books in just ...