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This 2021 musical adaptation combines elements of New Orleans jazz, ’80s pop and traditional show tunes for a whirlwind journey through the mythical city of Illyria.
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As it was, Malvolio’s tormentors seemed decidedly unprepared to be onstage; Ken Watters as Olivia’s uncle Sir Toby Belch especially bumbled through his dialogue at a snail’s pace. Scenes that usually serve as punchy palate cleansers instead felt eons long.
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The venue, admittedly, feels like it’s probably haunted, but the air is casual — “Measure for Measure” is a comedy, after all.
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Maybe this type of moment is cliché, but at least there’s no chance of missing who’s in love with whom in BareStage Productions’ “As You Like It.”
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How does a theater revive a widely performed 400-year-old play from the most prolific and renown playwright of all time? With the artful genius of a Bay Area ensemble that specializes in said playwright’s work: Shakedown. After losing their production backing, Shakedown’s musical reinvention of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” ran
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