Posts tagged California Shakespeare Company
Cal Shakes goes epic with 'The War of the Roses'
Cal Shakes goes epic with 'The War of the Roses'

What shines is how this flawed, four-hour journey into political mayhem hints at and kind of achieves some of the nervy, assaultive flair of continental auteurs such as Thomas Ostermeier or Ivo van Hove. I can’t remember a production with so much go-for-broke acting on the Cal Shakes stage, or really any of the major Bay Area stages.

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ReviewsJohn WilkinsShakespeare, Cal Shakes, California Shakespeare Company, Eric Ting, 'The War of the Roses', Henry VI plays, Richard IIIComment
The Best of Bay Area Theater in 2017
The Best of Bay Area Theater in 2017

In these end days of the year and perhaps the country, we might ask, just to while away the time, what we want from our American plays.

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Issues, ReviewsJohn WilkinsTaylor Mac, 'A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, 'The Black Rider', Mark Jackson, The Shotgun Players, Robert Wilson, Tom Waits, William Burroughs, Lisa Ramirez, Ubuntu Theater Project, 'To the Bone', The Wooster Group, The Town Hall Affair, Norman Mailer, Liz LeCompte, Marcus Gardley, 'Black Odyssey', Cal Shakes, California Shakespeare Company, MTC, Marin Theatre Company, Thomas BradshawComment