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Category: Theater Reviews

Upstairs, Downstairs in Merry Wives (49.4, Winter 1999/2000, pp 87, 90)

A few months ago, I was assigned the task of “directing” Merry Wives for a playreading group, the playing area […]

Collaborative Theatre Project’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Collaborative Theatre Project (CTP) has been in operation since 2016, and I have seen several productions there in the past […]

Protected: Henry IV at TFNA

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King Lear at the Shed’s Griffin Theater

King Lear at the Shed’s Griffin Theater. Directed by Rob Ashford, Kenneth Branagh, and Lucy Skilbeck. October 26-December 15, 2024. KP: […]

The Merry Wives of Windsor RSC July 2024

At the RSC, Blanche McIntyre’s The Merry Wives of Windsor has plenty of boisterous physical comedy and audience-pleasing shout-outs to […]

Shakespeare in the Rogue Valley 2024

Due to the money crunch caused by COVID closings and the free spending of recent Artistic Directors, it was uncertain […]

Coriolanus at The National Theatre

Seen on 28 September 2024, the set of Coriolanus (directed by Lyndsey Turner) was visible on its uncurtained stage when […]

Protected: Richard III at the Globe

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King Lear in New Haven, CT

King Lear. Directed and adapted by Karin Coonrod. University Theatre, New Haven, CT, June 15-16, 2024. As I was walking […]

Pericles, RSC 2024

Artistic Co-Director Tamara Harvey has chosen for her RSC directorial debut Pericles—a play that the company has produced only a […]

Side View of Macbeth

When I heard last year that Ralph Fiennes was going to play Macbeth for the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., […]