Review: ‘The Gods of Comedy’ at Masquers Playhouse (***)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger As soon as Jean-Paul Demetri as Aristide, a street vendor who is a sort of chorus, comes onstage with charismatic twinkling eyes, I knew that this comedy was in good hands. For a play this goofy, the actors must above all convey a sense of fun,…
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Review: ‘The Play That goes Wrong’ at Hillbarn Theater (***1/2)
by Joanne Engelhardt A play within a play within a play within a… “The Play That Goes Wrong” isn’t quite that comically confusing, but it’s definitely a somewhat circuitous piece of slapstick that kept last Friday’s opening night crowd lapping up the zany antics happening onstage. Even before the curtain…
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Review: ‘La Comedia of Errors,’ a bilingual adaptation of Shakespeare’s play by Bill Rauch and Lydia G. Garcia (*****)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger Let’s start by admitting that Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” is a fine play, but not really a bell ringer for Shakespeare’s genius. It is a type of comedy (servants and masters and mistaken identities) that has been formulaic since Ancient Greece and Rome, and remains formulaic…
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Review: Neil Simon’s ‘Rumors’ presented by Benicia Old Town Theatre Group (**1/2)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger Regular readers of TheatreStorm will know that I have a large place in my heart for community theatre as well as professional work. What community theaters may lack in professional experience, they make up in the kind of enthusiasm, discovery, and community joy that can rarely…
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