Elaine Liner, Dallas Observer
June 26, 2014
Summer is Shakespeare season on both sides of the Trinity River. If you like soaking up your classical works in a steam bath with added sound effects from drag racers, police sirens and cicadas, head over to the grassy outdoor amphitheater at Samuell-Grand Park in East Dallas for productions by Shakespeare Dallas. For air-conditioned Bard with comfier seats, look to Fort Worth’s Trinity Shakespeare Festival, staging a pair of plays in rotating rep in two theaters on the Texas Christian University campus.
Both companies are presenting Shakespearean rom-coms this year and they are two of his most familiar titles. Shakespeare Dallas has Much Ado About Nothing (in rep withTartuffe); Trinity Shakes, The Comedy of Errors (alternating with The Tempest).
Take the titles at their word. Much Ado is a big old talky play that works itself into a sweaty lather about absolutely nothing. Lead characters Beatrice (Tiffany Hobbs) and Benedick (Jeffrey Schmidt) are mature singletons who both swear they’ll never marry, not anyone, particularly not each other. […continued]
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