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Tina Packer

Theater Review: “The Waverly Gallery” — A Powerful Look into a Descent into Dementia

A splendid production of an impressive early effort from the talented writer Kenneth Lonergan.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Kenneth Lonergan, Shakespeare & Company, The Waverly Gallery, Tina Packer

Theater Review: At Shakespeare & Company — Tina Packer’s Masterful “Merchant of Venice”

Shakespeare & Company’s staging of Merchant of Venice is the strongest this critic has ever seen or could hope to.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Jonathan Epstein, Shakespeare & Company, The Merchant of Venice, Tina Packer

Theater Review: Shakespeare’s “Game of Thrones” — Staged With Gusto

Rarely are Boston’s stages graced with a Shakespeare production that reaches this high a level of accomplishment.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Actors' Shakespeare Project, Henry VI Part 2, history, Tina Packer, War of the Roses, William-Shakespeare

Theater Review: Take Two — Shakespeare Plays it Safe In “Henry VIII”

If “Henry VIII” is dramatically lacking when compared to Shakespeare’s other histories, what makes this production worthwhile is the care Actors’ Shakespeare Project has brought to staging it.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Actors' Shakespeare Project, Henry VIII, John Fletcher, Tina Packer, William-Shakespeare

Theater Review: Shakespeare’s “Henry VIII” — History as Smoke, Mirrors, and Spectacle

Given how rarely “Henry VIII” is staged, any Shakespeare enthusiast worth his or her salt should definitely take in this uneven production.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Actors' Shakespeare Project, Henry VIII, Modern Theatre, Tina Packer

Fuse Theater Review: An Earnest “Troilus and Cressida”

We are a long way from the love-destroyed-by-hostility pieties of Romeo and Juliet, but Actors’ Shakespeare Project director Tina Packer wants to make Troilus and Cressida fit into that reassuring and earnest mold.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Actors' Shakespeare Project, ASP, Tina Packer, Troilus and Cressida, William-Shakespeare

Coming Attractions in Theater: August 2011

A busy month of theater, especially for off-speed, postmodern romances, while old-timers such as the Gershwins and Tennessee Williams receive some attention as well.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Theater Tagged: Audra McDonald, Bad Daddy: The Musical, Bakersfield Mist, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Charlestown Working Theater, Dipika Guha, Hopper's Ghosts, Jeff Zinn, John Kolvenbach, Loretta LaRoche, Love Song, Molly Ivins, Oberon, Payomet Peforming Arts Center, Period of Adjustment, Porgy and Bess, R, Red Hot Patriot, Rick Cipes, Shakespeare & Company, Stephen Sachs, Stoneham Theatre. Lighten Up!, Suzan-Lori-Parks, tennessee-Williams, The Betrothed, Tina Packer, Touched, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Williamstown-Theatre-Festival

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

Commentary: Women of Will — The Complete Journey

The complete Women of Will is an exhausting adventure, led by a manically enthused and deeply generous and talkative tour director who also is a fabulous actor. Reviewed by Susan Miron Women of Will. Written and performed by Tina Packer. Directed by Eric Tucker. Featuring Tina Packer and Nigel Gore. At Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, […]

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Theater Tagged: drama, female, Shakespeare, Shakespeare & Company, Susan Miron, Theater, Tina Packer, Women of Will

Culture Vulture: February Highlight

If you’re heading out toward the Berkshires and haven’t yet made plans for Valentine’s Day, consider taking your significant other to brunch at Shakespeare & Company for a five-course meal before the matinee. By Helen Epstein Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton. Adapted from the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Directed by Tina Packer. […]

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Theater Tagged: Culture Vulture, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Shakespeare and Company, Tina Packer

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