by Colin Thomas | Jul 6, 2023 | Review
Director Lois Anderson hasn’t just adapted Shakespeare’s Henry V for Bard on the Beach, she has attempted to rewrite it — and the results are a mess. In Henry V, the reckless young Prince Hal of Henry IV, turns into a warrior whose troops slaughter the French at...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 30, 2023 | Review
Director Bobby Garcia’s production of Million Dollar Quartet is so slick. His direction is tight, the design is fantastic, and the cast has talent pouring out of them. But I also felt like I was being marketed to and that significantly cut into my enjoyment. It might...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 24, 2023 | Review
Director Cherissa Richards’s production of Julius Caesar for Bard on the Beach is riveting from start to finish. I have never experienced such a successful interpretation of this play. Part of the credit has to go to Stephen Drover’s driving adaptation, which cuts...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 23, 2023 | Review
This production of Rotterdam from the new queer company Under His Lyre features good work by emerging actors in a script that’s pretty bad. In Rotterdam, playwright John Brittain tells the story of Fiona and Alice. They’re a couple, and Alice is just about to...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 19, 2023 | Review
It’s wonderful. There are holes in it. But it’s still wonderful. When I first saw director Daryl Cloran’s Beatles-inspired adaptation of As You Like It in its premiere at Bard on the Beach five years ago, I was smitten. Cloran has cut half of Shakespeare’s text and...
