Gus Kikkonen

Theater Review: A Sweet and Contagious “Present Laughter”

August 18, 2012
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Actor Jack Koenig never flags in the Peterborough Players production of “Present Laughter,” and around him in his London studio-flat swirls a churning world of impertinent employees and past and present loves that would do Kaufman and Hart proud.

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Theater Review: “The Admirable Crichton” Entertains Via a Sprightly Stiff Upper Lip

August 4, 2012
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“The Admirable Crichton” premiered in 1902, but the Peterborough Players bring this comedy about class division off admirably — as classy theater, not anthropology.

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Theater Review: A Bright and Literate Version of the Darkly Comic “Measure for Measure”

September 1, 2011
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Director Gus Kikkonen and cast come up with a bright, literate presentation of William Shakespeare’s play “Measure for Measure,” a potentially dark comedy pregnant with power.

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