19
Nov

Theaterpalooza

It might seem like I’ve been quiet over here, but it’s because I have been going all over the place filling up on plays. After the Long Intermission, I am saying “Yes, and!” to any play I can reasonably manage to get to. Between October 15 and November 13, I saw twelve plays (14 if […]

28
Feb

Hadestown on Broadway!

My son and I have been obsessed with Hadestown since the soundtrack was released. He’s memorized Workin’ on a Song. We quote it in our day-to-day conversation. So when Broadway was reopening, I knew this was the show we needed to prioritize. The tickets were our family Christmas present, but we didn’t actually see the […]

19
Dec

KCACTF: On the Road Again!

I’m post-dating this so that it will be hidden until after the meeting to decide invited productions for the Region 2 festival. I saw these shows from October 30-November 7. One cool think that the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival does is to send professors and professional theater people out to see university shows […]

14
Aug
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Romeo and Juliet at Starling Shakespeare

Alumni of the Shakespeare and Performance graduate program at the American Shakespeare Center have founded or taken on the leadership of, a number of classical theater companies, drawing on the ASC’s scholarship and aesthetic, but with their own unique twist. Just off the top of my head: Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival (Arizona), Pigeon Creek Shakespeare (Michigan), […]