by Andrew Varnon | Aug 7, 2008 | Stage
"It's really like the circus coming to town," says Steven Maler, artistic director of the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. To mount a three-night engagement of As You Like It in Forest Park Aug. 8-10, Maler's troupe will head west from Boston with...
by James Heflin | Aug 7, 2008 | Stage
Among the most absorbent of hip-hop performers, MC Mr. Napkins raps about common concerns with an earnestness that's far less dramatic than the braggadocio of most gangstas. When he takes on a cop, it's a cop who's stopped Mr. Napkins for not obeying...
by Tom Sturm | Aug 7, 2008 | Stage
Founding member and director Tony Simotes of Shakespeare & Company draws some fascinating parallels between the story of their current production, Othello, and the situation in present-day America. Othello, a Moorish mercenary who is chosen to lead the navy of...
by James Heflin | Aug 13, 2008 | Stage
Chester Theatre doesn't mess around when it comes to casting. Their actors tend to have extensive, impressive bios. That often makes a visit to what used to be called "the miniature theatre" worthwhile. In the case of Chester Theatre's current...
by Chris Rohmann | Aug 13, 2008 | Stage
Ten thirty. That’s 10:30 a.m.—not a respectable hour for theater people. Still digesting my morning coffee, I’m sitting in Shakespeare & Company’s mainstage theater amid a respectable, if compact, crowd of theatergoers. It’s the...
