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All's Well That Ends Well

Theater Review: All’s Well, I Guess — Girl Gets Boy, Boy Ditches Girl, Girl Gets Boy Back

The likable Commonwealth Shakespeare Company staging leans very heavily on the comedy in ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, minimizing the Bard’s melancholic undertow.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Review, Theater Tagged: All's Well That Ends Well, Commonwealth-Shakespeare-Company, Steven Maler, William-Shakespeare

Coming Attractions in Theater: July 2011

We are hitting the season of high summer now, with productions coming fast and furious. As is my wont, I will single out shows that are off-the-beaten path. This is not to say that the production of “Guys and Dolls” at the Barrington Stage Company isn’t as terrific as I have heard it is. Only that I want to venture beyond brand name material.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Theater Tagged: 1001, 2010: Our Hideous Future: The Musical!, All's Well That Ends Well, and Monsters, Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Brenda Withers, Central Square Theater, Commonewealth Shakespeare Company, Company One, Dutch Masters, Emily Dendinger, Facebook, Gloucester Stage Company, Greg Keller, Hideous Progeny, Holland Productions, ImprovBoston, Jason Grote, Kander and Ebb, Lewis Black, Matt and Ben, Mindy Kaling, Mormons, Mothers, New Repertory Theatre, Oberon, One Slight Hitch, Shakespeare & Company, T: The Musical, The Most Happy Fella, The Venetian Twins, The World Goes 'Round, Unicorn Theatre, Wiliam Shakespeare, Williamstown-Theatre-Festival

Theater Review Round-up: Our Man in London

It should be pointed out that in London it is possible to see more shows in a limited time than one can do in the United States. Why? Because it has long been the sensible practice to stagger weekday matinees. By Caldwell Titcomb Shakespeare first, of course. The British quite rightly never tire of “Hamlet.” […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Books, Featured, Theater Tagged: “The Black Album, All's Well That Ends Well, Anton Chekhov, Arcadia, Bridge Project, Caldwell-Titcomb, Carrie's War, Caryl Churchill, Collaboration, Cottesloe, Dreams of Violence, Duet for One, Dysfunctional Family, England People Very Nice, Ethan Hawke, Francesca Annis, Hamlet, Hanif Kureishi, Helen Mirren, Henry Goodman, J. B. Priestley, Jerusalem, Jez Butterworth, Jude Law, Juliet Stevenson, Katori Hall, Lyttleton, Mark Rylance, Matt Charman, Max Stafford-Clark, Michael Grandage, Michael Morporgo, National-Theatre, Nazis, Nicholas Hytner, Olivier, Phèdre, Racine, Rebecca Hall, Richard Bean, Richard Strauss, Richard Wilbur, Ronald Harwood, Sam Mendes, Simon Russell Beale, Sinéad Cusack, Sir Richard Eyre, Stefan-Zweig, Stella Feehily, Ted Hughes, The Cherry Orchard, The Mountaintop, The Observer, The Silent Woman, The-Winters-Tale, Three More Sleepless Nights, tom-stoppard, War Horse, William Shakeseare, Wyndham Theatre

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