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Category Archives: Reviews
OP Comedy of Errors
Tonight I saw my final play in my visit to the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, an original practices production of The Comedy of Errors. In the past, with the original practices productions they usually do lesser known plays. This time they … Continue reading
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King Lear
Tonight I saw another Shakespeare classic at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, King Lear. This was a heavy sad play that was very well acted. The one twist was they had a woman playing King Lear (but as a male, not … Continue reading
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The Winter’s Tale
On night three of my trip to the Colorado Shakespeare Festival I saw my second Shakespeare play, The Winter's Tale. This was another indoor play and overall it was quite good. The first half was excellent, with a serious solemn … Continue reading
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One Man, Two Guvnors
I saw my second play of this year’s Colorado Shakespeare Festival, a British farcical comedy One Man, Two Guvnors. This was apparently a contemporary update of and older 18th century commedia dell’arte, and it was set in the early 1960s … Continue reading
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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Tagged Shakespeare, Theatre
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
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
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
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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Tagged Music, Shakespeare