Desdemona Chiang's As You Like It at CalShakes is an inventive modern dress production emphasizing doubles, disguises, and the performance of love. …
Theatre
Here you will find reviews of local theatre productions the world round, with a particular focus on the Greater Toronto Area and the San Francisco Bay Area. We also review many "Digital Theatre" productions — live recordings of theatre — and explore how this new medium presents theatre productions, for better or worse. We especially focus on NTLive, RSC On Screen, and Globe Theatre On Screen productions. And we have a soft spot for modern Shakespeare productions.
Theatre Review: Simon McBurney’s The Encounter has to be experienced live
Simon McBurney's one-man show The Encounter is a journey into the Amazon and the nature of consciousness, using theatre itself as a metaphor for memory. …
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Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Santa Cruz Shakespeare
The 2016 season at Santa Cruz Shakespeare offers a terrific production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and a thought-provoking gender-swapped Hamlet. …
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Heathers: The Musical at Sydney Opera House
Heathers: The Musical features a great score and talented cast but the flashy direction falters, making it too often vapid. …
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Stage Kiss delights at Wellington’s Circa Theatre
Circa Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand, has staged a terrific production of Sarah Ruhl's Stage Kiss. …
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Ralph Fiennes excavates Richard III’s malevolence at the Almeida
Ralph Fiennes' titular bunch-backed toad is a man thoroughly damaged by years of abuse in Rupert Goold's enthralling modern dress production. The production …
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