TWO WEEKENDS ONLY! San Diego Here We Come!
Folks refer to San Diego as America's Finest City. We plan to change all that. That's right - despite popular demand, we'll be performing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) revised] for two weekends - June 11-13 and 18-20 - Read more…
Episode 180. New Victory Tour
Join us on a backstage tour of the New Victory Theatre in New York City, and go behind, below, and above the scenes. Featuring a rundown of the theater’s glorious and checkered history, mysterious tales of the “phantom of the New Victory”, some bodacious putti, and a special appearance by the Read more…
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APRIL NEWSLETTER: Out Now!
Wanna catch up on the latest Reduced news, reviews and interviews? The April edition of The Reduced Reader is OUT NOW! We're launching the final leg of our tour of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) - check dates! Also, Read more…
Episode 154. The Shakespeare App
Ron Severdia is the creator of the Shakespeare App, which puts the complete works of William Shakespeare at your fingertips in a fun format complete with searchable database. Ron chats about the app’s origins and its future, what goes on under the hood, and what one does to turn a Shakespeare app Pro. (MP3. Length 17:53)
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TWEETING Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare achieved another level of ultimate reduction when we compressed each of Shakespeare's plays via our Twitter account into Tweets of less than 140 characters. (This was probably one of the reasons we won the 2010 Read more…
HONG KONG Rave!
No, we aren't attending late-night loud-music drug-fueled parties. Our performance of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) got a rave review from the South China Morning Post! "A very funny evening that keeps audiences laughing non-stop!" "Fast, furious, and full Read more…
GORDON Brown: Tragic Shakespearean Hero
We have finally reduced the career of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and may I just say - it's about time. We recorded it for the Gabby Logan Show on BBC Radio 5. You can listen to it here, but now you Read more…
“Five & Twenty” Random Things About….William Shakespeare!
Apparently, Facebook did not create the (increasingly annoying) 25 Random Things About Me application on its social networking site. Turns out that William Shakespeare himself created the first such list over 400 years ago. His "Five and Twenty Random Things Abovt Read more…
Episode 66. Kirk or Picard
This age-old philosophical question is analyzed in irredeemably geeky and undeniably nerdy depth by the RSC’s resident Trekkies. Featuring startling insights why Star Trek is like Shakespeare, an excerpt from our Paul Harris interview at KMOX, and special guest appearances from actual Star Trek story editors and Borg fighters. Embrace the cheese! (MP3. Length 19:29)
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