Reviews

Review: Cry Trojans!: The Wooster Group, The Hollywood Reporter

Review: Cry Trojans!: The Wooster Group, The Hollywood Reporter

Myron Meisel, The Hollywood Reporter February 28,2014   The Wooster Group gives Shakespeare a Native American Makeover in Downtown L.A. Although The Wooster Group has been a frequent visitor to Los Angeles (most recently a year ago with Eugene O’Neill’s early seafaring plays), this new mounting of its glum fantasia on a text by William Shakespeare represents the company’s first world premiere production to […]

March 2, 2014 · 0 comments · Reviews
Puppets in Shakespeare’s fairyland? Imagine that.

Puppets in Shakespeare’s fairyland? Imagine that.

Joel Brown, The Boston Globe FEBRUARY 28, 2014   Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” sets love and imagination to play in a wooded fairyland under moonlight and features a group of wannabe actors known as “the mechanicals.” So adding puppets among the actors isn’t really a stretch, director Tom Morris says. “One needs to be careful not to be too philosophical […]

March 2, 2014 · 0 comments · Reviews, Theaters
Review: Comedy of Errors: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Oregonian

Review: Comedy of Errors: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Oregonian

David Stabler, The Oregonian February 27, 2014   “The Comedy of Errors” isn’t that funny. The lines are not nearly as witty as “Twelfth Night” or as clever as “As You Like It.” Puns and wordplay make us smile, not laugh. And the plot holds no surprises. If we don’t know going in that it’s about mistaken identity, with two sets […]

February 28, 2014 · 0 comments · Reviews
Review: As You Like It: Tobacco Factory, The Guardian

Review: As You Like It: Tobacco Factory, The Guardian

Lyn Gardner, The Guardian 26 February 2014   Andrew Hilton’s production can’t escape Shakespeare’s flaws, but there is plenty to enjoy in its portrayal of love I must confess to a bit of a love-hate relationship with Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy. I love the idea of it, but I’m often disappointed by it in performance. Andrew Hilton’s revival for Shakespeare at the Tobacco […]

February 27, 2014 · 0 comments · Reviews
Review: Stage Music in the Plays of William Shakespeare: Jordi Savall and Juilliard415, Seen and Heard International

Review: Stage Music in the Plays of William Shakespeare: Jordi Savall and Juilliard415, Seen and Heard International

Stan Metzger, Seen and Heard International February 26, 2014   The magician here was Jordi Savall, both Oberon and Prospero to the musicians and actors. From the opening orchestral salvo to the hand-clapping encore, everything meshed in a perfect harmony seldom experienced at other such events. The program featured masques and incidental music from Shakespeare’s two most phantasmic plays, The Tempest and A Midsummer […]

February 27, 2014 · 0 comments · Reviews