At CalShakes, director Lisa Portes reimagines Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie as a story of a well-intentioned but dysfunctional African American …
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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.
At CalShakes, director Lisa Portes reimagines Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie as a story of a well-intentioned but dysfunctional African American …
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Marianne Elliott’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time takes us inside the mind of Christopher Boone, a sixteen-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome …
Drunk Shakespeare is an abridged 90-minute whirlwind version of Macbeth full of jokes, drinks, and audience participation. …
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San Francisco's site-specific The Speakeasy from Boxcar Theatre invites you into a Prohibition-era haunt with amazing period costumes and design but fall shorts …
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The Public Theater Mobile Unit brings Shakespeare’s farcical romance of mistaken identities, Twelfth Night, to prisons, community centers, and more in New York …
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Director Daniel Sullivan makes the most out of Lillian Hellman's uneven Little Foxes, creating a showcase for Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon. …
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