Tonight I saw my last play of the CalShakes season (perhaps my last Shakespeare play of the year), The Taming of the Shrew. Always one of my favorites, this was a fantastic production. It was somewhat contemporized, but it came across very well. For example the nicer daughter Bianca was introduced as a leggy swim suited beauty contestant in high heels, and was pretty much played like an air-headed Barbie. The role of Petruchio, the wild husband, was played amazingly well. This finally relieved a bit of my Shakespeare withdrawal after leaving DC.
Jeff once again joined Bill, Andy and myself, but I think we’ve failed to convert him to higher culture. Rita never made it, which is too bad as this was a very enjoyable play. It’s the first time in a while I’m tempted to think about going back and seeing a production again.