Posts Tagged ‘Ken Ludwig’
Ken Ludwig’s Gods Almighty From Olympus Make Happy Ending at Old Globe
A classics grad student needs help and Zeus sends the Gods of Comedy in the Ken Ludwig farce at the Globe, a welcome comedy romp with room to grow,
Read MoreSDMT’s ‘Crazy’ Gets 12th Season Off to a Fast Start
Playwright Ken Ludwig hit gold in 1989 with his first Broadway play, Lend Me a Tenor, and he hit more gold with Crazy For You, his second Broadway production, three years later. In fact, Mr. Ludwig is so prolific that he’s got two shows currently running at the same time in San Diego (North Coast Rep’s Moon Over Buffalo, and San Diego Musical Theatre’s Crazy For You) along with a world premiere play, The Gods of Comedy, opening in May at The Old Globe. Mr. Ludwig’s popularity is well-earned, as amply demonstrated in SDMT’s production of Crazy For You…
Read MoreSo Who Wrote ‘Ken Ludwig’s Robin Hood!’ at the Old Globe? Oh!
The whole saga of Sherwood Forest unfolds in th intimate confines of the Old Globe Theatre’s White Theatre, with sword fights and scenery and quick changes, but to what end?
Read MoreNCR’s ‘Fox on the Fairway’ Rarely Leaves the Tee
A set’s profusion of doors may or may not indicate that a farce is on tap. There aren’t that many doorways, for example, that dress the scenes in North Coast Repertory Theatre’s ‘Fox on the Fairway.’ Then again, there isn’t much of this piece to begin with.
Read MoreSherlock Holmes Watches the Quick Changes With Admiration
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson wear their sternest countenances as they probe the eerie hellhound but the real fascination in Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ is how just three actors play 746 supporting roles so neatly, especially since
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