A bad play about Shakespeare

adamg — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:13:09 +0000

Ian finds nothing to like about How Shakespeare Won the West at the Huntington:

... The play collapses under the weight of its own ridiculousness. There are potentially interesting characters, in an interesting period of history, making a decision to do something interesting -- and the play is boring. The constant narration is annoying, the melodramatic stupidity of the plot is cloying and offputting, the characters' interpersonal interactions are completely unbelievable, and, of the three uninspiring new works we've seen on Shakespearian themes, this one is the worst.

Here's your chance to get in the spotlight

adamg — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:08:02 +0000

The Huntington Theatre has an old carbon-arc spotlight that it would rather give away than simply toss in the trash.

Via The Mirror Up to Nature.