Summer of Steves As You Like It @ The Delacorte Theater (attended June 30, 2012) Into The Woods @ The Delacorte Theatre (attended August 8, 2012) As will be true for thousands of New Yorkers and city visitors during the summer of 2012, I have spent some delightful hours with the works of artists named Steve at … Continue reading
Cymbeline Written by William Shakespeare Directed by Noah Brody & Ben Steinfeld Featuring Jessie Austrian, Noah Brody, Paul L. Coffey, Andy Grotelueschen, Ben Steinfeld, Emily Young Fiasco Theater at Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow Street September 8, 2011 — January 15, 2012 [extended] production web site and company web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee December … Continue reading
All’s Well That Ends Well By William Shakespeare Directed by Daniel Sullivan Featuring Tonya Pinkins, Andre Holland, Annie Parisse, John Cullum, Dakin Matthews The Public Theater Delacorte Theater, Turtle Pond Central Park production web site: http://tinyurl.com/6xv7588 June 25, 2011 — July 30, 2011 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee June 25, 2011 Humidity laden air and cool … Continue reading
Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare Directed by Brandon Walker Featuring Brandon Walker, Anna Marie Sell, David Sedgwick, Lindsay Teed The Seeing Place @ ATA Sargent Theater, 314 West 54th Street 4th floor March 30, 2011 – April 16, 2011 production web site: http://www.seeingplacetheater.com/season.html Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee April 2, 2011 Part of the challenge … Continue reading
Double Falsehood By William Shakespeare and John Fletcher Adapted by Lewis Theobald Directed by Brian Kulick Featuring Clayton Apgar, Hayey Treider, Mackenzie Meehan, Philip Goodwin Classic Stage Company 136 East 13th Street March 12, 2011 – April 3, 2011 production web site: http://www.classicstage.org/2011_double.shtml Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee March 20, 2011 I am not sufficiently … Continue reading
[originally published: http://aislesay.com/CHI-LEAR-06.html] KING LEAR by William Shakespeare Directed by Robert Falls Starring Stacy Keach Goodman Theatre 170 North Dearborn / (312) 443-3800 goodmantheatre.org Extended Through October 22, 2006 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee September 27, 2006 In “King Lear” at the Goodman Theatre we are told repeatedly, by various characters in various ways, that “nothing … Continue reading
[originally published: http://aislesay.com/CHI-HAMLET.html%5D HAMLET By William Shakespeare Directed by Terry Hands Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Navy Pier / (312) 595-5600 http://www.chicagoshakes.com Through November 18, 2006 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee September 10, 2006 Any review of “Hamlet” is a daunting task. The art of director and designer Terry Hands and the other performers behind the scenes and on … Continue reading