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ESC's Darryl Maximilian Robinson Shares A Review of HAMNET And A Video of Puck's Epilogue Speech from A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM!

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ESC'S DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON SHARES HIS MINI REVIEW OF CHLOE ZHAO'S "HAMNET" SCREENED AT THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES! After taking a few moments to collaborate with fellow veteran actor, Shakespearean performer and longtime friend Danny Belrose on recording a new short street theatre video rendition of Puck's Epilogue Speech from the Immortal Bard's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" outside of Flower Street Entrance of The Bloc, your humble servant in The Theatre, Darryl Maximilian Robinson, Founder, Artistic Director and Producer of both The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project, hosted by Danny Belrose, attended a Monday Evening January 26, 2026 screening of Oscar-winning Director Chloe Zhao's 2025 work "Hamnet" at the fine and comfortable confines of The Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in Downtown Los Angeles. The beauti...

ESC'S Darryl Maximilian Robinson Shares His Mini Review of Writer / Director Kahlil Joseph's Skilled Homage To Black Artistry "BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions"!

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AWARD-WINNING AFRICAN-AMERICAN THEATRE ARTIST DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON PRESENTS A MINI-MOVIE REVIEW OF KAHLIL JOSEPH'S 2025 BLACK ART FILM TRIUMPH "BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS." Reunions can be funny things. And sometimes rewarding ones. A longtime caucasian friend of mine and fellow artist, Jesse Livingston Watt ( who was a member of this Chicago veteran theatre artist's St. Louis multiracial theatre group, Excaliber Productions, Ltd. in the 1990s, and who I had not seen in more than two years ), invited me to join him at a screening of the intriguing film "BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions" at the comfortable and charming confines of The Lumiere Cinemas at The Music Hall in Beverly Hills. A current local talented and gifted City of Angeles visual artist, painter, videographer and stage technician, Mr. Watt wanted good company to see this provocative and unique piece at one of the few fine venues in Los Angeles currently showing the work. And I ...

ESC's Darryl Maximilian Robinson Salutes Excaliber Productions, Ltd. Of Chicago And St. Louis Founding Acting Company Member And Internationally-Noted Stage And Voice Performer Walter Roberts!

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Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award Winner And Four-time Chicago Black Theatre Alliance / Ira Aldridge Award Nominee Darryl Maximilian Robinson, of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Proudly Highlights The Fine Work By Former Excaliber Productions, Ltd. Of Chicago And St. Louis Founding Acting Company Member Walter Roberts!: Your humble servant in The Theatre, Darryl Maximilian Robinson, is delighted to share a few comments on the versatile, skilled and longtime American stage actor, play director, theater producer, singer and musician Walter Arlie Roberts, who has not only distinguished himself in multiple U.S. stage presentations, but who spent decades sharing his skills in English Language productions in Japan, where he has appeared on stage, in film, in television and became notable around the world as a frequent voice-over character performer of numerous video games and films as well as a highly-effective narrator. Mr. Roberts is internat...

Broadwayworld Los Angeles Award Nominee And Making The World Happening Award Winner Darryl Maximilian Robinson Releases New OTHELLO Speech Video Recorded At LA's Historic Bradbury Building

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ESC'S DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON PROVIDES A NEW 2025 VIDEO THEATRE RENDITION OF OTHELLO'S "THIS FELLOW'S OF EXCEEDING HONESTY" SPEECH FROM ACT THREE, SCENE THREE OF THE RENOWNED SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY AT THE NORTHEAST ENTRANCE OF DTLA'S HISTORIC BRADBURY BUILDING! Since their very first impromptu video theatre collaboration of a November 2017 "street theatre"-style rendition of Rudyard Kipling's inspirational poem "If" on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Founder Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( actor, adapter, director and producer ) and Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Creative Associate, the noted actor Danny Belrose ( editor, photographer and videographer ), have made a point to select interesting, intriguing, artistic and historic outdoor locations throughout The Greater Los Angeles Area to rec...