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First there was Klingon opera. Now fans of both Klingons and Shakespeare can see selections of Shakespeare classics performed in the Klingon language as well as in English.

On September 25 in Arlington, Virginia, the Washington Shakespeare Company will perform an evening of Shakespeare, featuring selections from Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing.

George Takei will be the featured guest at this performance, in which actors will speak the verse in both English and Klingon, with the lines of each corresponding to the Bard’s iambic pentameter. Takei will only be speaking English, doing a monologue from Julius Caesar.

The Washington Shakespeare Company is known for its offbeat performances of Shakespeare classics. Three years ago, the group performed Macbeth – in the nude. This time, Shakespeare will go sci-fi. “It kind of fits into our company identity, of trying to breathe some fresh air into the classics, of doing something really, really different with them,” said artistic director, Christopher Henley. “It seems a way to say that we’re not as reverent as other companies in town.”

According to Henley, fans need not worry about not being able to comprehend the scenes. “Even the most die-hard Klingon fan would find it hard to follow seven or ten minutes in Klingon,” he said. Scenes in Klingon will be short. “What we’ll try to underline is the different kinds of cultural impulses. The Klingon version will be much more violent.”

Tickets for the event can be purchased here. VIP tickets include an exclusive reception with Takei and Marc Okrand, creator of the Klingon language.

Last night, the NAACP’s 20th Annual Theater Awards ceremony was held and Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s LeVar Burton walked away with an award for his work in The Caterer.

Burton won his award for “Best Lead Male, Local.” In The Caterer, Burton portrayed a man who sold people their “appropriate deaths.” The Caterer ran last spring at the Whitefire Theater in Sherman Oaks, California.

Burton tweeted about his win last night, saying, “I won!!!” He has posted several photos from the event, including one of the award he won as well as one featuring The Caterer cast.

A mammoth fourteen CD box set containing forty complete episode scores by Star Trek: The Next Generation composer Ron Jones will debut in September.

The box set, limited to a run of five thousand copies, and retailing for $149.95, contains over sixteen hours of music.

The forty complete episode scores are from the first four years of Star Trek: The Next Generation. In addition, there are bonus tracks from the two-part Best of Both Worlds, and from two Interplay computer games from the late 1990s; Starfleet Academy and Starfleet Command.

Jones scored forty-two episodes over the first four seasons, including episodes such as: Where No One Has Gone Before, 11001001, Heart of Glory, Q Who, Who Watches the Watchers, The Defector, The Best of Both Worlds, Brothers and Final Mission.

Fans can also read the Film Score Monthly online notes, which features insights from Jones on each episode, and where clips of selected music may be heard.

The box set can be purchased here.

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Earlier this month TrekMovie first reported the next poster in the popular Alamo Drafthouse/Mondo series of Star Trek limited editions would be The Borg Queen. Today Mondo is showing off a much better version of that image, and they have announced it will go on sale on September 2nd.   Mondo’s Borg Queen Mondo has moved into the [...] 51

In September Film Score Monthly is taking on their most ambitious Star Trek project yet, and today the 14 CD "Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Ron Jones Project" is available for pre-order. We have more details and an exclusive look at some of the artwork from the set below.   14 CD Ron Jones Box Set [...] 62

Last night Star Trek: The Next Generation’s LeVar Burton won an award at the 20th Annual NAACP Theater Awards. Burton was being honored. We have photos from the event below, plus more Burton news, including a report on his “LeWar” with Conan O’Brien.   Burton wins Theater Award At last night’s NAACP Theater Awards LeVar Burton won the [...] 19

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There will be six conventions or shows in September and October that feature Trek actors of interest to Star Trek fans. This listing of conventions and shows feature actors from all five televised series, plus from the Star Trek movies, including guest actors.

In September, fans can see many Trek actors at Dragon*Con, which will be held on Labor Day Weekend, from September 3-6 in Atlanta, Georgia. Trek guests of interest in attendance at Dragon*Con will be: René Auberjonois, Scott Bakula, Robert Beltran, Avery Brooks, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, John de Lancie, Michelle Forbes, Jonathan Frakes, J.G. Hertzler, Robert O’Reilly, Mark A. Sheppard, Armin Shimerman, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner and Garrett Wang.

In addition, Trek authors A.C. Crispin, Peter David, David Gerrold, David Mack and Josepha Sherman will be at Dragon*Con as well as Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II’s James Cawley and Carlos Pedraza.

October will feature five conventions of note to Star Trek fans. First up is Con-Version, which will be held October 15-17 in Calgary, Canada. In attendance will be John de Lancie, Chase Masterson, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo and Marina Sirtis.

HollywoodXPo will also take place on October 15-17 at the Hilton at Universal Studios, Hollywood, California. With over one hundred and twenty guests, there will be plenty of people to see. Of note for Trek fans are the many Trek guest attendees of note: Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Alan Ruck, Tim Russ, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, Rene Auberjonois, Connor Trinneer, John Billingsley, Dominic Keating, Cirroc Lofton, Robert Duncan McNeil, Nicole de Boer, Gary Graham, Vaughn Armstrong, J.G. Hertzler, Richard Herd, Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, Ronald B. Moore, Stave Rankin, Grace Lee Whitney, Suzie Plakson, Manu Intiraymi, Arlene Martel, Jack Donner, Doug Drexler, Rick Sternback, Larry Nemecek, Catherine Hicks and more.

From October 16-17, Australian fans can attend Armageddon 2010, which will be held in Melbourne. In attendance will be Jeffrey Combs and Nana Visitor.

Next up is Creation Entertainment’s Official Star Trek Convention 2010, to be held in the Chicago area on October 22-24. Trek fans can see the following actors at this convention: Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Lloyd (Kruge), J.G. Hertzler (Martok), Barbara March and Gwynyth Walsh (Lursa and B’Etor), Robert O’Reilly (Gowron), Max Grodenchik, Armin Shimerman, Jacob Kogan (young Spock), Vaughn Armstrong, Jeffrey Combs, Casey Biggs and Marc Alaimo.

Finally, October wraps up with Hal-Con, which will take place October 29-31 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In attendance will be Denise Crosby and Walter Koenig.

It has been five years since Star Trek: Enterprise ended and Scott Bakula shares his opinion on what was good and what went wrong. Plus: Will a Quantum Leap movie happen?

In spite of Star Trek: Enterprise ending too soon, plus the ending which was more of a Star Trek: The Next Generation show, Bakula looks back fondly on his time as Captain Archer. “Oh, it was a fantastic experience,” he said. “I had a ball. We had some fantastically talented people on all sides of the camera. We had great actors, tremendously creative effects people and set people and makeup people and… It was fantastic. You were working with some of the most talented people and ground-breakers in the industry, and I got to do it for four years.”

Like many others, including fans and actors alike, Bakula wasn’t keen on the ending. “I have to say that when I first read the script I was off-put by it,” he said. “I had a long talk with Rick (Berman) and Brannon (Braga) about it and they explained their idea and philosophy to me. I don’t know that I ever … Gosh, the end of anything is always hard to write. It was a little odd, but that was their call.”

What would Enterprise have been like, had it had the full seven year run? “Things were dictated by the times, by it being post-9/11, but I wanted us to hopefully get back to having a little bit more fun on the show and to get out of that whole Xindi thing,” said Bakula. “That would have been fun. I think we were pointing in that direction. I think the group was ready to go. The cast was ready to get there, and I think we could have had a blast. But we just didn’t get to go there.  And I wanted Archer to kind of grow up and lighten up a little bit.”

There are rumors that Bakula’s other well-known show, Quantum Leap, might be revived as a movie soon. According to Bakula, “I have spoken with Don [Bellisario] and he’s been approached by a producer to write a script and produce a Quantum Leap film. He’s intending to do that and has begun work on it. And my understanding is that Dean [Stockwell] and I may have a small cameo element to the movie. But it hasn’t been written yet. So we’ll see.”

If J.J. Abrams called Bakula and offered an Archer part in the next movie, would Bakula be interested? “Yes,” he said.

As Captain Jonathan Archer Scott Bakula lead the crew of the NX-01 for four years on Star Trek: Enterprise. And in a new interview, the actor talks about how the show bowed out, where he wanted to see Archer go. He also talks about the possibility of returning to Trek. Excerpts below, plus more pictures [...] 189

The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Award were held tonight in Los Angeles. Amongst the nominees were several Trek vets, including Star Trek 2009’s Damon Lindelof and Michael Giacchino, as well as Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Patrick Stewart. However, the night wasn’t golden for the Trek vets. A full breakdown for how it went below, [...] 36