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Cyrano

Posted on August 2, 2018 by djnpub

Tonight I saw the second play in my Colorado Shakespeare Festival run, Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac. My recollection is that I saw this a year or two ago at Livermore Shakespeare, and this was another terrific production. The lead … Continue reading →

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Boulder/Richard III

Posted on August 1, 2018 by djnpub

After three days in the high country I drove back down to Boulder, while not exactly low, it was 4000′ lower in altitude, and I seem to have more energy. I chose to stay at an interesting Airbnb, which seems … Continue reading →

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Everybody

Posted on July 26, 2018 by djnpub

Tonight I headed up to Orinda to se the second play in this year’s CalShakes season, Everybody. This was a modern play based upon an ancient morality play. Despite making the mistake of looking at a couple of reviews that … Continue reading →

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The Winter’s Tale

Posted on July 22, 2018 by djnpub

Tonight I saw the second and final play in the Livermore Shakespeare Festival’s season, The Winter’s Tale. It was a very good production, particularly considering the minimalist staging available in the Wente setting. The acting was solid, and the play … Continue reading →

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Another Midsummer Night

Posted on July 7, 2018 by djnpub

For the second night in a row, I went out to see a play. This time it was my first Shakespeare play of the summer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which was this year’s San Francisco Shakespeare Festival Free Shakespeare in … Continue reading →

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Hilarious Earnest

Posted on July 6, 2018 by djnpub

Tonight I saw the first of Livermore Shakespeare Festival’s plays, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. It was very well done, and very funny. They performed it in three relatively short acts, and the actors were terrific. It was … Continue reading →

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Quixote Nuevo

Posted on June 21, 2018 by djnpub

Tonight was the beginning of this year’s theater season for me, with the first CalShakes play of the year, Octavio Solis’ Quixote Nuevo. This was a world premiere production of this play by a noted Latino playwright, adapted from the … Continue reading →

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The Last Hamlet (at least for a while)

Posted on October 12, 2017 by djnpub

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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Measure for Measure

Posted on September 28, 2017 by djnpub

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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The Odyssey

Posted on September 21, 2017 by djnpub

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 →

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