Tag Archives: Theatre

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Posted on August 20, 2017 by djnpub

Today I trekked down to Santa Cruz to see another Shakespeare play I haven’t seen in a while, The Two Gentlemen of Verona. It was a nice warm day when I left home, but it was foggy and a bit … Continue reading →

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Black Odyssey

Posted on August 17, 2017 by djnpub

Tonight I saw an interesting contemporary play, based on a very old story, at CalShakes. It was Oakland playwright Marcus Gardley’s black odyssey, a melding of Homer’s tale of The Odyssey with the African-american experience. It was an interesting way … Continue reading →

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Canon Completed

Posted on August 6, 2017 by djnpub

By my best recollection, I attended my first live Shakespeare play at the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival in John Hinkel Park in 1986 at the instigation of Tina, where we feasted and drank and watched the plays along with Mike and … Continue reading →

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Rainy Taming of the Shrew

Posted on August 5, 2017 by djnpub

Tonight I saw one of my favorites, The Taming of the Shrew, at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. It was a wonderful production, set in New York’s Little Italy right after the end of WWII. The evening started with some weather … Continue reading →

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Rosencrantz & Guildernstern Are Dead

Posted on August 4, 2017 by djnpub

OK, now I get it. I now understand why the two characters of Rosencrantz & Guildernstern seemed so discordant to me when I saw Hamlet two days ago. Tonight I saw Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz & Guildernstern Are Dead at the … Continue reading →

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Julius Caesar

Posted on August 3, 2017 by djnpub

Tonight I saw another wonderful play at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Julius Caesar. It was performed outdoors in the Mary Rippon theatre and it was done in a completely classic setting. It was wonderfully acted and very powerful. I was … Continue reading →

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The Big Week Begins

Posted on August 2, 2017 by djnpub

After having traveled down from the high country yesterday, I started this week in Boulder with a lunch with my friend Kate down in Denver, and it gave me a chance to drop by the old neighborhood. It all looks … Continue reading →

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Cyrano

Posted on July 20, 2017 by djnpub

Tonight I saw the second play of the Livermore Shakespeare Festival, a new adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac. This was a terrific production. The acting was very good, and it was a funny but ultimately sad and moving … Continue reading →

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The Glass Menagerie

Posted on July 13, 2017 by djnpub

Along with Bill, Andy, and Doug, I saw CalShakes most recent production of Tenessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. The cast was very good, and the play tight. It’s a pretty sad tale of a broken family with a domineering unappreciative … Continue reading →

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Free Hamlet

Posted on July 9, 2017 by djnpub

Capping off a full weekend, tonight I saw this year’s San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Free Shakespeare in the Park, production of Hamlet. It was a nice warm night to be sitting on the ground, and I met up with Bob … Continue reading →

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