Significant cuts to the text lend this “Hamlet” the force and urgency of a flooding river, lifting the audience into the lifeboats and urging us to hang on for the ride.
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Pocket Play Review: King Lear at the American Shakespeare Center
In the intimate space of the Blackfriars Playhouse, we don’t just see “King Lear,” we feel the pain of betrayal and the fear of senility, the heartbreak of a broken family and the tenderness of devoted friendship, the full range of emotion captured in Shakespeare’s timeless tale.
Pocket Play Review: It’s the Comedy of Errors, Hon! at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
In their delightful re-imagining of “The Comedy of Errors,” Ian Gallanar and the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company have cooked up one tasty crabcake that does their Baltimore hometown proud.
Pocket Play Review: Romeo and Juliet at Southwest Shakespeare
In their production of “Romeo and Juliet,” Southwest Shakespeare proved that if you choose your setting wisely and commit to it wholly, you can make this play feel relevant to our lives today.
