Tom Waits Does Shakespeare

This fall, Dutch theater group Orkater will stage a new music theater performance of Shakespeare's Richard III featuring songs from the catalog of Tom Waits and his wife/writing partner Kathleen Brennan. (Via Anti-.) Fittingly, the group playing the Waits tunes during the play is called the Sadists. Songs featured include "Misery Is the River of the World", "God's Away on Business", "I Don't Wanna Grow Up", "I'll Shoot the Moon", "Underground", and "The Part You Throw Away". The play runs from S...

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