Photo by Nile Scott Shots; Marianna Bassham and Ross MacDonald.
Presented by Actors’ Shakespeare Project
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Doug Lockwood
October 5 – November 6, 2016
Church of the Covenant
Boston, MA
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Review by Craig Idlebrook
(Boston, MA) Hamlet is often seen as a humanist play, one where the lead character, instead of taking much of any action, spends much of his time pondering the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. Continue reading
The Cast of ARCADIA. Photo: A.R. Sinclair Photography
Presented by Central Square Theater & and the Nora Theatre Company
Written by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner
Current-May 15, 2016
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
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Noe and I attended this performance together. We were impacted differently so we both wrote reviews. One follows after the other below. Continue reading
photo credit: Stratton McCrady
Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, The Modern Theatre, 4/25/12-5/20/12, http://www.actorsshakespeareproject.org/events/troilus-and-cressida-0.
Reviewed by Craig Idlebrook
(Boston, MA) There are two major ways to connect audiences to Shakespeare, despite the tricky language: you can glitz up the production so theatergoers don’t realize their brains are doing heavy-lifting (a la Baz Luhrmann’s seizure-inducing Romeo and Juliet) or make sure you serve up quality and let the script speak for itself. Tina Packer consistently has chosen the second option in her body of work. Continue reading
