Jim Kates

Theater Review: From Page to Stage — Shakespeare’s “The Rape of Lucrece”

September 10, 2015
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Dan Hodge turns two hundred and fifty stanzas of Shakespeare’s rhyme royal into the stuff of a high-class poetry slam.

Theater Review: Peterborough Players’ “Born Yesterday” — The More Things Change …

August 13, 2015
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Writing seriously about a play that might not be meant to be taken so seriously presents a risk, but the provocation embedded in the social message of Born Yesterday can’t be escaped.

Theater Review: “Charley’s Aunt” — A Tasty Theatrical Chestnut

July 30, 2015
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This production of Charley’s Aunt has the rhythm of a Mozart operatic finale — all the parts contribute to a dizzy harmony.

Theater Review: “Outside Mullingar” — A Poignant Irish Rom Com

July 16, 2015
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John Patrick Shanley’s Outside Mullingar is a romantic comedy, so you can guess the dénouement, but all the fun is in getting there.

Fuse Theater Review: “Intimate Exchanges” — A Comedy of Possibilities

July 2, 2015
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In many ways, Alan Ayckbourn in Intimate Exchanges has concocted the perfect recipe for a company like the Peterborough Players.

Fuse Theater Review: An Uneven “Red” from the Peterborough Players

June 18, 2015
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There is little for the audience to take away from Red, except the anecdotal dramatization of an event inspired by Mark Rothko’s career.

Book Review: Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” — A Translation That Respects the Nuances

December 6, 2014
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Marian Schwartz’s careful translation of Anna Karenina is exquisitely mindful of the book’s complex linguistic texture.

Theater Review: “A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline” — An Enjoyable Homage to a Legend of Country Music

September 4, 2014
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A Short Walk with Patsy Cline leaves you wanting more. It will send you — back or for the first time — to Cline’s own recordings.

Theater Review: “The Voysey Inheritance” — A Masterpiece About Fraud, Capitalism, and Family

August 21, 2014
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The Voysey Inheritance comes to the Peterborough Players with distinction, and this production is persuasive evidence that it belongs in a wider repertory of contemporary theater.

Theater Review: Somerset Maugham’s “The Circle” — Drawing-room Comedy Presented with Aplomb

August 7, 2014
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Gus Kaikkonen has shown himself particularly adept at directing period pieces in such a way that they don’t bog down in their period, but convey the life of their own time into our own.

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