Tag Archives: Theatre

A Wonderful Romeo and Juliet

Tonight I saw the third play in three days from the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s season, Romeo and Juliet. This is one of my favorite plays, and as such I have high expectations which sometimes aren’t met. That wasn’t the case … Continue reading

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A Future History

Tonight I saw the next play in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s season, a Shakespeare-like play called King Charles III, which the author refers to as a future history play. It was written by Mike Bartlett in 2014. It imagines the … Continue reading

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Twelfth Night

Tonight I saw the first play in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s season, a wonderful production of Twelfth Night. It was a very warm night, and the play had a Caribbean tropical theme. They had a lot of action before the … Continue reading

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Complete Works

Tonight I saw the second play of the Livermore Shakespeare Festival’s season, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]. I again joined Bob and Blanca. This is a fast moving comedy featuring only three actors, that tries (sort-of) to … Continue reading

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Civil War Othello

Tonight I saw the first play in Livermore Shakespeare Festival’s season, Othello. I joined Bob and Blanca on a relatively warm evening. While I always am frustrated by the theme of this play, it is very powerful. This production was … Continue reading

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Good Person

Tonight I saw the 2nd play in this summer’s CalShakes season, Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan. It was a relatively warm evening, and I made it up to Orinda in record time. I wasn’t sure what to expect … Continue reading

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As You Like It 𝅗𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅮

Tonight I saw this year’s play from the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s Free Shakespeare in the Park. It was a new production of As You Like It presented as a musical. I’ll have to say I was dubious when I … Continue reading

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A Cool PreSummer’s Night

I kicked off my theater season with CalShakes first play of the season, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This was the first run of this year’s solo configuration for CSF for me. It was an enjoyable evening and nice to be … Continue reading

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Playtime 2018 — another enjoyable season of theater

In a theater season that ran a little shorter than previous years, despite having more free time, I still managed to have an enjoyable time at the theater. I saw a total of 18 plays this year, 10 productions of … Continue reading

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Henry V

I ended my visit to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with a wonderful production of Henry V. This completed the Henriad tetralogy that started in 2016 with Richard II and the two parts of Henry IV that I saw last year. … Continue reading

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