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This staging of Much Ado About Nothing would make an excellent ice-breaker for a discussion between adolescents and adults about sexting
Read MoreThe intriguing notion of a down-and-out clown troupe struggling with a classic text propels this superb production.
Read MoreThere are laughs in this production of Twelfth Night, but the romantic payoffs are scarce, perhaps because the sit-com rhythms tend to swamp all else (including some of the poetry).
Read MoreIs it the Bard or a magic show? The prestidigitation wins out given the wanness of the dramatic proceedings.
Read More“Nothing Like the Sun” remains, for my money, among the best works of fiction inspired by Shakespeare’s life.
Read MoreIf “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.
Read MoreBTC’s experiment, while not without its faults, proffers an admirable model of the sort of creative thinking that more companies should emulate when placing Shakespearean drama in a contemporary American context.
Read MoreActors’ Shakespeare Project’s production is a fine start to the company’s tenth aniversary season and an impressive realization of its founding mission statement — for this company, story and the actor’s craft trump directorial conceits.
Read MoreThis production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice” tries to have it both ways: a show about intolerance, bigotry, and hatred is set in a ‘politically correct’ past.
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