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Theater Review: “But a Forme of Waxe” — Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s “Romeo and Juliet”

Allegra Libonati has assembled a mostly excellent cast for what at first glance should be an evening of quality Bardic entertainment.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Allegra Libonati, Boston Common, Commonwealth-Shakespeare-Company, Gracyn Mix, John Zdrojeski, Juliet, Romeo, Romeo and Juliet

Theater Review: CSC’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” — Plenty Likable

There is much to like in this outdoor production of Love’s Labor’s Lost — the time passes by quickly and there are plenty of smiles along the way.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Boston Common, Commonwealth-Shakespeare-Company, Jason Bowen, Love's Labour's Lost, Obehi Janice, Steve Maler

Fuse News Update: Wisely, Outside the Box Seems to be Downsizing

This is Boston, not Austin.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: Boston Common, Outside the Box festival, Ted Cutler

Fuse Arts Commentary: Outside the [Pricey] Box Festival?

The Outside the Box Festival going to need much more substance to justify its new 3-figure price tag.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged: Boston Common, Noah Schaffer, Outside the Box festival, Ted Cutler

Theater Review: The CSC’s “King Lear” — The Deed Dutifully Done

For all of its sound and fury and smoke, the CSC’s version of King Lear is solid rather than surprising or exciting.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Boston Common, Commonwealth-Shakespeare-Company, King Lear, Steven Maler, Will Lyman

Theater Review: A Faint Touch of Evil

Shakespeare’s tragic characters, on the other hand, suffer from the Christian sin of pride: knowing you aren’t God, but trying to become Him—a sin of which any of us is capable. — W. H. Auden on Othello in Lectures on Shakespeare Othello by William Shakespeare. Directed by Steven Maler. Staged by the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, Theater Tagged: Boston, Boston Common, Commonwealth-Shakespeare-Company, Othello, Shakespeare, Theater

Theater Commentary: Boston’s “Comedy of Errors”

The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare. Directed by Steve Maler. Presented by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company at the Boston Common Parkman Bandstand, through August 16. Reviewed by Bill Marx Shakespeare can be punished by his own success. In “The Comedy of Errors” he juggles two sets of identical twins on stage with the dizzying aplomb […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, Theater Tagged: Boston Common, Boston-theater, Commonwealth-Shakespeare-Company, CPAC, downtown theater, Ed Siegel, Josiah-Spaulding, Persona Non Grata, Steve Maler, The Comedy of Errors, William-Shakespeare

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