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'Two Gentlemen of Verona' rocks and rolls in Independent Shakespeare staging

Shakespeare and rock â€™nâ€™ roll have made strange bedfellows from time to time, perhaps most famously in 1968 in Los Angeles with â€œOthello,â€ in which none other than Jerry Lee Lewis, a.k.a. the Ferriday Fireball and one of the founding fathers of rock music, was cast as the nefarious trouble-instigator...

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16:45 on August 25 2017

'Two Gentlemen of Verona' rocks and rolls in Independent Shakespeare staging

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Shakespeare and rock â€™nâ€™ roll have made strange bedfellows from time to time, perhaps most famously in 1968 in Los Angeles with â€œOthello,â€ in wh... more info

Jerry Lee Lewis

16:45 on August 25 2017

'Two Gentlemen of Verona' rocks and rolls in Independent Shakespeare staging

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Shakespeare and rock â€™nâ€™ roll have made strange bedfellows from time to time, perhaps most famously in 1968 in Los Angeles with â€œOthello,â€ in wh... more info

Jerry Lee Lewis