Whodunnit on the Set of 50’s B Movie Set
When a classic Agatha Christie plot combines with a spoof of a 1950’s B movie, the result is hilariously funny. Attack of the Killer Murder…of Death, an original script by Wayne Rawley, at Theater Schmeater, was all those things.
Backyard Bard’s production of their abridged version of Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well provided an energetic showcase for the four actors who played all the parts. Director Marc “Mok” Moser, however, should have kept a scene that made the ending intelligible.
The Synopsis: Helena is in love with Bertram, who is not interested.
Jane Eyre: The Musical, a Dickensian era musical based off of Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre, opened at Taproot
Intrigue fosters and nearly destroys lovers.
A delightful Much Ado About Nothing, one of Last Leaf’s Shakespeare in the Park’s traveling productions, opened at the amphitheatre in Volunteer Park last weekend. Bowing to the realities of outdoor theatre, the producers cut the play down to one hour, which was just enough to get the drama, plot and beautiful language across to the audience, without boring them.
Fall of the House of Plantagenet’s, Rise of the Tudors
Last Leaf Productions opened their summer Shakespeare in the Park season with a wonderful production of The tragedy of Richard III. During Elizabethan times, Shakespeare’s play Richard III, was a piece of the propaganda.
Shakespeare’s Magic at the Soda Fountain
Since the play deals with magic, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream sparks extreme creativity in any director. Darren Loy’s Young Shakespeare Workshop’s production, which debuted in Volunteer Park this past weekend, was no exception; the show abounded with creativity as well as excellent performances by this cast of juvenile actors.
KIRO’s Dave Ross Returns to Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan For the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the Seattle
Not Shakespeare’s Most Popular Play
Love’s Labour’s Lost is not very frequently produced and with good reason. It is mostly just one long conversation, involves references to dated political situations and literary allusions and is overly long
The Seattle Shakespeare Company and Director David Quicksall have fun with Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare. This is a perfect play for a casual evening watching theater outdoors.
Only a handful of professional groups in the US have accomplished what GreenStage has now done with its Shakespeare in the Park production of Othello. It has produced Shakespeare’s complete canon. In its 26th year, the troop finally tackles one of the Bard’s most harrowing tragedies.
