Category: Theater

November 22, 2008

>ASC: Richard II, the second

>As I’ve mentioned before, our American Shakespeare Center is doing all the history plays over the next few seasons, which is a project that…
October 11, 2008

>ASC: More Better

>Having seen all four of this season’s shows at the American Shakespeare Center, I’m taking advantage of my Complete Works Pass (AKA: All-you-can-eat Shakespeare)…
September 27, 2008

>ASC: Richard II

>The American Shakespeare Center’s production of Richard II is gripping. The tension that binds King Richard, played brilliantly by John Harrell, and Henry Bullingbrook,…
September 2, 2008

>ASC: Hamlet

>Last night was the fourth time I’ve seen Hamlet at the Blackfriars Playhouse. The first time, before I began this blog, was in 2001…
August 9, 2008

>ASC: Measure for Measure

>Measure for Measure may not end in quite the way you remember. In some productions, Isabella rejects the Duke; in some, she accepts his…
July 12, 2008

>ASC: Twelfth Night

>“If music be the food of love, play on.” Twelfth Night is frequently performed, so the story is familiar. But that hardly matters because…
July 5, 2008

>ASC: King Lear

>The last time the American Shakespeare Center (back when it was just Shenandoah Shakespeare) performed King Lear at the Blackfriars Playhouse was in 2003….
June 27, 2008

>Midsummer Day Camp

>If I were a kid, I would so be begging my parents to let me do this. It’s the Midsummer Day Camp of the…
May 11, 2008

>ASC: Henry V

>Last night I saw the American Shakespeare Center production of The Life of King Henry the Fifth. Evan Hoffmann was excellent as the charismatic…
April 27, 2008

>ASC: The Taming of the Shrew

>The home stand of the American Shakespeare Center‘s touring company (the “Piercing Eloquence” tour) continues with The Taming of the Shrew. It must be…
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