Philippa Kiraly, The Seattle Times April 14, 2014 Pacific Northwest Ballet presented its 101st performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Friday night at McCaw Hall, the most of any of its productions except for “Nutcracker,” but the quality of Balanchine’s choreography and the imagination and colors of Martin Pakledinaz’ sets and costumes as well as the caliber of the dancers […]
Sarah Halzack, The Washington Post April 16, 2014 American Ballet Theatre took us twice Tuesday night to a shadowy, enchanted forest ruled by a flock of otherworldly creatures, first in Michel Fokine’s “Les Sylphides” and later in Frederick Ashton’s “The Dream,” a one-act take on Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” But the setting of these two works is where their […]
Christopher Rawson, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette March 30, 2014 LONDON — Scratch the bio of the British actors omnipresent on TV and film and you usually find deep experience in Shakespeare. Whatever the Bard may be in the United States (The New York Times recently commented on his frequent appearances in New York this past year), he’s a regular presence on […]
Richard Wattenburg, The Oregonian March 19, 2014 “Midsummer (a play with songs)” by David Greig and Gordon McIntyre may not be the innocent magical romantic comedy that Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” is, but this two-hander and love story currently being offered by Third Rail Repertory Theatre has its own kind of charm—one that is at times edgy and contemporary, but ultimately […]
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