Category Archives: Events

Events or happenings I’ve attended or observed.

Persuasion

Posted on July 15, 2016 by djnpub

Tonight I saw the first play of the Livermore Shakespeare Festival’s summer season, Jane Austin’s Persuasion. This is the third, and last summer, LSF is doing a triptych pairing a Shakespeare play with a play based on a Jane Austin … Continue reading →

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Fences

Posted on July 14, 2016 by djnpub

Tonight I saw the next of the CalShakes productions of the summer, August Wilson’s Fences. It’s a relatively contemporary play about a black Pittsburgh family. It was a very engaging, compelling, drama. The entire story takes place around (mostly in … Continue reading →

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Winter in July

Posted on July 9, 2016 by djnpub

Tonight I saw this year’s San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s (Free Shakespeare in the Park) production in Pleasanton. It was The Winter’s Tale. It was actually very well done. The production was pretty much traditional, and the acting was solid. The … Continue reading →

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Much Ado Kicks Off the Season

Posted on June 2, 2016 by djnpub

Today I saw the first play of the CalShakes season, an adapted version of Much Ado About Nothing. The gang included Andy and Bill as well as Doug who is back for the summer from Mississippi. I was a bit … Continue reading →

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Macbeth

Posted on March 16, 2016 by djnpub

My Shakespeare season started early this year with my first trip to Berkeley Rep to see a fantastic production of Macbeth. This was my first trip to Berkeley Rep, and I was motivated by the fact that the play was … Continue reading →

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Another Active Summer/Fall

Posted on November 1, 2015 by djnpub

In addition to my epic foreign vacation, I still managed to see quite a bit of theater. I wasn’t quite as driven as last summer, but I saw almost as many plays, skipping only Santa Cruz this summer. I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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African American R&J

Posted on October 25, 2015 by djnpub

This afternoon I picked up Bob and Blanca and we went over into the city to see the African-American Shakespeare Company’s production of Romeo and Juliet. This will certainly be my last Shakespeare play for this year. I had a … Continue reading →

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Antony and Cleopatra

Posted on October 3, 2015 by djnpub

On a brisk night, I saw my last play in Ashland for the year in the big Elizabethan theater, Antony and Cleopatra. The last time I saw this was almost 25 years ago, so I didn’t remember any of it. … Continue reading →

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Long Day’s Journey

Posted on October 2, 2015 by djnpub

This afternoon I saw the Eugene O’Neill play, Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the OSF’s Thomas Theatre. It is considered to be one of the great pieces of American theater of the 20th century, along with A Street Car … Continue reading →

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Another Ado

Posted on October 1, 2015 by djnpub

After an early morning drive, much of it in a light rain, I made it up to Ashland for my brief visit to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and saw my second production of Much Ado About Nothing of the summer. … Continue reading →

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