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Category Archives: Events
Canaveral
Since I was near the Florida Atlantic coast I decided to do a little sightseeing at the beach before I headed inland for my Monday meetings. I spent a few hours visiting the Canaveral National Seashore, which seems to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Sightseeing
Kennedy Space Center
I managed to piggy-back a little sightseeing onto a business trip to Florida, and today I got to visit the Kennedy Space Center and take the tour. This was a great tour, and is vastly upgraded from when I last … Continue reading
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Tagged Museums, Rockets, Sightseeing, Space
Playtime 2017 — a terrific season
In another extended season running into the fall, I managed to see quite a bit of theater this year and hit some fun milestones as well. I saw a total of 21 plays this year, 14 productions of Shakespeare plays, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashland, Shakespeare, Theatre
The Last Hamlet (at least for a while)
Tonight I took BART and trekked into the city to see what will likely be my last play of the year, Hamlet at A.C.T. This is the 3rd production of Hamlet I’ve seen this season, maybe 3rd-and-a-half if you count … Continue reading
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Tagged Shakespeare, Theatre
Measure for Measure
Tonight I saw the last play of this year’s CalShakes season, Measure for Measure. I hadn’t seen this play in a long time, and this was a pretty good production. It was a pleasant evening for almost October, and I … Continue reading
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Tagged Shakespeare, Theatre
The Odyssey
Superb! This has been quite a week+ of wonderful plays at OSF, and it ended with an outstanding production of Homer’s The Odyssey. It was the longest play of this trip, but there’s a lot of story to pack into … Continue reading
Merry Wives
Tonight I saw a very enjoyable production of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor in the outdoor Elizabethan Theatre. It was very funny and comical as expected. Falstaff, the supposed super-randy old man was played by a woman, K.T. Vogt. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashland, Shakespeare, Theatre
Beauty and the Beast
Tonight in the outdoor Elizabethan Theatre I saw an enjoyable musical, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. It was raining lightly at the beginning of the evening, but it pretty much ended by the time the play started. The singer actors … Continue reading
Shakespeare In Love
Fantastic! This was the U.S. premiere of the play that came out of the film of Shakespeare in Love. This was a wonderful production. The story lovingly plays with words from Shakespeare’s plays. It’s very comedic and romantic, but also … Continue reading
Hannah and the Dread Gazebo
After two full days of wonderful productions of Shakespeare plays, I saw my first non-Shakespeare play, again in the Thomas Theatre. It was another modern Asian immigrant story, as was last years Vietgone, but this one was from a Korean … Continue reading