Posts Tagged ‘play’
A Theatre Holiday, Part 2 – London
The best thing about London theatre is that there is so much of it. There is commercial theatre, clustered in the West End around Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus, there are several institutional theatre companies, most notably the National Theatre, which operates from expansive facilities on the south bank of the Thames, right at the Waterloo Bridge. And, there are theatre companies doing cutting edge work, often in venues that are off the beaten track…
Read MoreAn Old Globe Dream as Fresh as All Outdoors
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is right back where it belongs – outdoors in a park – and Ian Talbot’s excellent production, which will be around through September, makes the masterpiece glow…
Read MoreA Theatre Holiday: Part I – New York and Washington, DC
There’s been general consensus that the New York theatre season has been a middling one. Little of a groundbreaking nature opened on Broadway, though some interesting work appeared off-Broadway. Nevertheless, even a mediocre season on Broadway produces enough of interest to keep one busy over what amounted to a long weekend (shows Friday evening, three on Saturday, and two the following Wednesday)…
Read More“Cuba” a Worthy Start But Needs Work
There’s the start of a fine play in Becoming Cuba, but a first-rate script will require a fair amount of revision…
Read MoreCygnet’s Shakespeare’s R&J Rife With Adolescent Energy
Cygnet Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s R&J is enacted with testosterone-laden energy by George Yé’s superb cast…
Read MoreSDMT’s The Sound of Music: Resistance is Futile
The Sound of Music is a lot like the infamous Borg in Star Trek: whether you like it or not, resistance is futile. Usually, I’m pretty well gone by the time the von Trapp children first enter. But, San Diego Musical Theatre’s production had me from the title number and held me enthralled through the last note…
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