by Chris Rohmann | Oct 18, 2012 | Stage
In September, after the summer theaters wind up, there’s a lull. Then, just as the leaves are turning, comes an explosion of new shows. In the past two weeks, half a dozen productions have opened in the region, and this weekend another half dozen hit the stage....
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 23, 2012 | Stage
For the past few years, Shakespeare & Company has followed up its summer season of hefty fare, both classical and modern, with fall productions of what Jonathan Croy calls “comedic spookies.” These belong to the popular new genre of quick-change...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 23, 2012 | Stage
“For many young people in the computer age, massive multi-player online video games become a home more real than the physical world around them,” says director Dan Morbyrne. In the dark comedy Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, the teenagers in a...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 23, 2012 | Stage
A middle-aged man, dealing badly with his Oklahoma parents’ refusal to attend his recent same-sex marriage, sets off on a cross-country journey in search of vintage Fiestaware. The colorful ceramic dishes, all the rage in the ’30s and ’40s, have now...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 23, 2012 | Stage
To Ben Jonson, “gentle Shakespeare” was “not of an age, but for all time.” And indeed, the Swan of Avon is always in production somewhere, not just in the summertime festivals but on stages year-round. A case in point—three, maybe four...
