Women Of Shakespeare Re-Write Their Stories

Tired of tragedy and dutifully playing their roles, Shakespeare’s iconic heroines are finally tearing up the script in By Any Other Name! Award-winning playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer and composer Daniel Green’s original musical gets its world premiere in Boston, directed by M. Bevin O'Gara. Turning four centuries of theatrical tradition completely on its head, this brilliant new, Shakespeare-inspired musical is equal parts hilarious and liberating, and for anyone who dares defy expectations.

What Is It About?

The heroines of Shakespeare’s legendary plays - be she Juliet, Ophelia, Rosalind, or any number of others - have spent four centuries with their rigid destinies laid out for them in prose, playing out over, and over, and over again. Suddenly finding themselves together in an alternate universe where the storyline is unwritten, they begin to question who they really are, what they really want, and why their stories always seen to need either sacrifice or conformity. Irreverent and full of energy, By Any Other Name sees these iconic women re-write their stories on their own terms.