(this post contains spoilers) We’re four episodes into TNT’s new Shakespeare drama Will before we learn Ellen Burbage’s first name. Between the boy… Read more Justice for Ellen (and the women of Will)
Best OSF Doubles 2017
One of the greatest delights of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is the repertory company, wherein actors play multiple roles in… Read more Best OSF Doubles 2017
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Isabella?
Measure for Measure might be my least favorite Shakespeare play. Actually, I’m surprised it’s not being performed more often these days:… Read more How Do You Solve A Problem Like Isabella?
Reviews: 26 Miles and Tom(boy) Sawyer
I had a busy weekend over at Oregon ArtsWatch, and you can now read my reviews of Connor Kerns’ Tom(boy) Sawyer and… Read more Reviews: 26 Miles and Tom(boy) Sawyer
Essay: TCG 2017
You can read my coverage of the 2017 Theater Communications Group Conference, held here in Portland, at Oregon ArtsWatch.
Trumpius Caesar
So people are really mad about the Shakespeare in the Park Julius Caesar that dresses Caesar up as Trump. And lefty theatre… Read more Trumpius Caesar
Edward Albee Estate Bars a Black Nick
I really enjoyed writing my first-ever reported piece for Oregon ArtsWatch, among the first to tell the story of a… Read more Edward Albee Estate Bars a Black Nick
1 Henry IV (with the death of Lady Henry Hotspur)
My full review of this production will appear in The Shakespeare Newsletter. She’s too much. She’s too blunt and too… Read more 1 Henry IV (with the death of Lady Henry Hotspur)
Julius Caesar, A Ghost Story
My full review of this production will appear in The Shakespeare Newsletter. It was a dark and stormy night. Two… Read more Julius Caesar, A Ghost Story
Review: The Talented Ones
I’m back to work for Oregon ArtsWatch with a review of The Talented Ones at Artists Rep!
