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Personal reviews of miscellaneous things

Another Ado

I left my house in the morning and traveled to Denver, in what turned out to be a more tightly scheduled trip than I had desired. I drove up to Boulder, quickly checked in to my hotel, and then immediately … Continue reading

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Much Ado in the Vinyard

After a very warm day, tonight I again joined Bob in attending the second play of SPARC’s season, Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. It’s a fun play with a serious middle but happy ending, with a lot of witty banter … Continue reading

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Silent Sky

Tonight I joined Bob in attending the first play of SPARC Theater’s summer season, a play by Lauren Gunderson about a woman astronomer, Silent Sky. It told the story of a woman who worked in Harvard’s astronomy department at the … Continue reading

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Tosca

Tonight I again joined Bob for a trip to the opera. This time to the Opera San Jose to see Puccini’s Tosca. This was the first time I had been to Opera San Jose, the first time I’d seen a … Continue reading

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The Fallen Woman

Tonight I joined Bob in going into the city to see the San Francisco Opera’s production of La Traviata. This is apparently one of the most popular operas currently performed, and this was a new production for the SF Opera. … Continue reading

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Antony and Cleopatra at the Opera

Tonight I joined Bob and went into the city and saw the San Francisco Opera’s production of the brand new Antony and Cleopatra, based on Shakespeare’s play. This opera, which had its world premiere earlier this month, was written by … Continue reading

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Lear

Tonight I was joined by Bob in driving up to see the last play of the CalShakes season, Lear. This was a new adaptation/translation of King Lear by local playwright Marcus Gardley, set in the SF Filmore District of the … Continue reading

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The Alchemist OP

Two of my scheduled Shakespeare plays were canceled due to Covid outbreaks in the cast. Tonight, I saw the last play of my series in Boulder, which was an original practices production of Ben Jonson’s farce, The Alchemist. It was … Continue reading

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The Book of Will

Tonight I saw a Shakespeare-adjacent play at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, The Book of Will. It’s hard for me to say how much I loved this play. I had seen it once before, a few years ago in Ashland, and … Continue reading

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Two Gentlemen

I finally got to start the Shakespeare part of this trip. After a false start with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, with my first play being canceled (later rescheduled) due to a Covid outbreak, I finally managed to see some theater … Continue reading

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