Alabama Shakespeare Festival

If I were to say the words “Do’h!” or “excellent,” or “okely, dokely, neighborino!” You know what I'm talking about, right? Of course, it's “The Simpsons,” good for you. Now, longtime viewers of that show know this, but for that one person out there who doesn't…“The Simpsons” is a spin-off. Back when Fox was just getting going, one of the programs they offered was “The Tracy Ullman Show.” And “The Tracy Ullman Show” had these little animated vignettes featuring Bart, Lisa, Homer. and Marge, and the rest is history. Emmy award-winning actor Carrie Preston knows a little bit about spin-offs. She played Ophelia in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's production of “Hamlet” back in 1994. But, she's come a long way since then. Arguably, you could say her big break was playing Elsbeth Tascioni in the CBS series “The Good Wife” and "The Good Fight." That's where she got her Emmy for Best Guest Performer. But now, she's the star of the spin-off series, "Elsbeth." We'll talk to her about her days in Alabama and more coming up on APR notebook.

Fans of the fictional superhero Superman got some welcome news last weekend. Director James Gunn announced that, in the sequel to this year’s motion picture featuring the “man of steel,” a familiar but underused silver screen villain would be included. The bad guy in the Superman sequel “Man of Tomorrow” would be the criminal android Brainiac. A University of Alabama graduate, and two-time Prime Time Emmy award winner, could say “been there, done that.”

What does it take to build a better Alabama? Chris Sanders, Communications Director for the nonprofit Alabama Arise has some thoughts. He talks with Quick-Fire Quips host Baillee Majors about how grassroots power is transforming the Yellowhammer State, the not-so-hidden gems of Montgomery and his superstitions that keep Alabama Crimson Tide football winning. Plus, the mentality off, "We go further when we go together."

The winners of the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards are set to be announced this Sunday. One category that’s getting attention this year is for “guest performer” in a comedy. The program “The Studio’ with Seth Rogen, includes guest nominations for Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Dave Franco, Anthony Mackie and Zoë Kravitz. Taking home “Emmy gold” in a guest category is familiar for one actor who performed in one play for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and directed another show there.

The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat is coming for the television industry. This year’s Primetime Emmy awards will be handed out this coming Sunday. Actor Michael Emerson has two of the gold statuettes. He earned his M-F-A degree from the University of Alabama while acting with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

Parts of Montgomery are looking a little like the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz today. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is presenting the musical based on the classic movie starting this week. The R-S-A Tower in downtown Montgomery is being lit green for the occasion.

A prominent Alabama theater company is debuting a new one-woman show by a Mobile playwright. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery is hosting the world-premiere of “Zelda in the Backyard" with showings running through June 30.

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is looking to bring more diversity to the arts. The Montgomery-based theater signed a deal with the historically Black…

Tales from one of Alabama’s most beloved storytellers will be brought to life today on a New York City stage.Birmingham playwright Don Everett Garrett has…

Fans of William Shakespeare will be celebrating his 400th birthday in Montgomery this month.The Montgomery Museum of Fine Art is hosting a Shakespeare…