Globe Theater

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1. The theater in London where many of the great plays of William Shakespeare were first performed. Shakespeare himself acted at the Globe. It burned and was rebuilt shortly before Shakespeare's death and was finally pulled down in the middle of the seventeenth century.

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In the late twentieth century a reconstruction of the theater was built near its original site.

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There’s been talk about a revival for years, but the show’s return to Broadway — after a run at the Old Globe theater in San Diego last spring — comes down to Nicole Fosse, the founder and artistic director of the Verdon Fosse Legacy, which preserves and copyrights the works of her parents.

From New York Times

From there he became a freelance director, eventually landing at San Diego’s Old Globe theater as associate artistic director before making the leap to leading Pasadena Playhouse, where he would remain for the next 20 years, programming an eclectic range of shows that drew crowds from all over the city and the region.

From Los Angeles Times

Like Crowe himself, the show spent its formative period in San Diego: It had a pre-Broadway production in 2019 at the Old Globe Theater there.

From New York Times

The revival had a pre-Broadway run earlier this year at the Old Globe theater in San Diego.

From New York Times

For its production of “Romeo and Juliet” last year, London’s Globe Theater felt it necessary to warn audiences about the play’s “upsetting” content, including “depictions of suicide, moments of violence and references to drug use.”

From Washington Post