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The Comedy of Errors

Theater Review: This “Comedy of Errors” is an Exhilarating Circus of Desperation

The intriguing notion of a down-and-out clown troupe struggling with a classic text propels this superb production.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Actors' Shakespeare Project, ASP, David R. Gammons, The Comedy of Errors, William-Shakespeare

Theater Review: NTLive’s “Comedy of Errors” — Lots of Muddle, But Magic As Well

As this is his only work which Shakespeare himself titles ‘comedy,’ a company may feel an obligation to elicit laughter. Ironically, this duty can become burdensome.

By: Joann Green Breuer Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Coolidge Corner Theatre, Dominic Cooke, NT Live, The Comedy of Errors, William-Shakespeare

Theater Review: Propeller Theatre Company Takes Off

Buckets of blood and handfuls of guts always look slightly ridiculous splashed and dangled around on stage, though I must admit that this is the first RICHARD III I have seen with a working chainsaw.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Theater Tagged: Edward Hall, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Propeller Theatre Company, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors, William-Shakespeare

Coming Attractions in Theater: May 2011

May is usually a so-so respite before the summer season revs up, but there’s some interesting productions popping up, including Propeller Theatre Company’s all-male versions of Shakespeare’s Richard III and The Comedy of Errors, Amy Brenneman’s autobiographical show Mouth Wide Open, and an opportunity to see J. M. Barrie take it on in the chin […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Theater Tagged: Amy Brenneman, Berklee College of Music, Central Square Theater, David Leddy, Emerging America Festival, Happy Medium Theatre, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Mouth Wide Open, New Rep, Passing Strange, Peter Pansy, Propeller Theatre Company, Richard III, Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans, Shakespeare and Company, Silver Spoon, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Susurrus, The Comedy of Errors, The Country Club, The Drowsy Chaperone, The-Nora-Theatre-Company, Tina Packer, Why I Sing the Blues -- An Original Musical, Women of Will

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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