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A Celebration of Harold Pinter: Revealing and Entertaining
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“I know the place./It is true./Everything we do/Corrects the space/Between death and me/And you.” (Harold Pinter 1977) Thus begins and ends Julian Sands’ fascinating portrait
Shakespeare vs. Tarantino: Let the Carnage Begin
Friday, August 17th, 2012
by Matthew Hauptman on Playing Around
What if Shakespeare had written Pulp Fiction? That’s the question written on the playbill of Pulp Shakespeare, one of many new plays being presented by
Shakespeare As You’ve Never Seen Him Before
Friday, July 13th, 2012
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around
And it’s right in the Hudson Valley, a delightful 90 minute drive, or train ride up north to Garrison, where Northern Westchester meets Putnam County.
The 39 Steps–HVSF-style
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around
There’s a laugh-riot going on in the Hudson Valley, cleverly done with magnificently-talented actors. While I thought I was headed to a predictable performance of
The Bad and The Better: A Noir-ish Rubic’s Cube
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The Bad and The Better is a dense, convoluted modern noir piece filled with questionable principles, over the top family loyalty, subterfuge and revenge. As
The Merry Wives of Windsor—Bedroom Shenanigans Never Go Out of Style
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
“We leave a proof by that which we do. Wives may be merry but honest too.” Mistress Page Stephen Rayne’s expert adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic
As You Like It From a Woman’s Point of View
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
by Claire McCurdy on Playing Around
In Shakespeare’s day women were not allowed on the stage. Dewy eyed young boys with (at least in theory) many of the qualities of young
The Taming of the Shrew
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
“To kill a wife with kindness.” Petruchio At a pivotal moment in the second half of Folger Theatre’s production of The Taming of the Shrew I
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