Monthly Archive for June, 2010

“Mengelberg” is “passionate” and “provocative”

Published on June 15, 2010 in 2010-2011 Season, Mengelberg and Mahler and Reviews. 0 Comments Tags: .

Robert Lohbauer in "Mengelberg and Mahler"Mengelberg and Mahler opened Saturday in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. The Boston Globe called it “passionate…filled with nuance, detail…charm and sly humor…sophisticated and enlightening.”

, longtime weapons master at Shakespeare & Company, plays Mengelberg with passionate commitment in the company’s handsome premiere, directed by Dutch filmmaker Emile Fallaux

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[Playwright Daniel] Klein doesn’t let the play fall solidly on one side or the other, but rather allows it, and us, to dwell in complexity. His background as a philosopher who can make abstruse concepts accessible — he’s the coauthor of the best-selling “Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar’’ — serves him well in laying out these ideas with concision and style.

Mengelberg and Mahler is now on stage in repertory in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, through September 10. Buy tickets now »

Announcing the 2010-11 Fall & Winter Season!

Published on June 9, 2010 in 2010-2011 Season. 0 Comments

On the heels of kicking off our 33rd Summer Season, we happily announce our 2010-11 Fall & Winter Performance Season! The lineup includes a bounty of diverse productions from Stoppard to Shakespeare, to a Macy’s Department Store elf’s heart-warming story, to a silly little cross-dressing number (yes again!). Says Artistic Director Tony Simotes:

“I am very proud to announce our upcoming Fall & Winter Performance Season. It is filled with light, humor, passion and irreverence—descriptions that go hand in hand with Shakespeare & Company and the work produced here.”

IN THE BERNSTEIN THEATRE:

The Real Inspector Hound
by TOM STOPPARD
directed by JONATHAN CROY
featuring DANA HARRISON, DAVID JOSEPH, DANIEL KURTZ,ALEXANDRA LINCOLN, JOSH AARON MCCABE, MEG O’CONNOR, SCOTT RENZONI, AND ENRICO SPADA
September 18–November 7

The Santaland Diaries
by DAVID SEDARIS
adapted by JOE MANTELLO
directed by TONY SIMOTES
featuring PETER DAVENPORT
December 2–30

As You Like It
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by TOD RANDOLPH
featuring THE CONSERVATORY AT SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY
December 10 & 11

The Mystery of Irma Vep
by CHARLES LUDLAM
directed by KEVIN G. COLEMAN
featuring JOSH AARON MCCABE and RYAN WINKLES
February 4–March 27, 2011

Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World
by KEVIN G. COLEMAN
directed by JENNA WARE
April 2011

The 2010-11 Fall & Winter Season also includes:

The Fall Festival of Shakespeare November 18–21
A magical Fall Gala October 9

Tickets are now on sale—buy now »


Boston Globe: “Women of Will” “dazzling and illuminating”

Published on June 3, 2010 in 2010-2011 Season, Reviews and Women of Will. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

womenofwillsco10kspra_095-sized_The Boston Globe publishes their review of  Women of Will today, and in it Louise Kennedy calls ’s work “an intensely theatrical experience”:

Drawing on her lifetime of acting in and directing Shakespeare’s plays, Packer combines the performance of scenes with the discussion of themes to create a dazzling and illuminating piece of work. For anyone who cares about women, Shakespeare, or especially women in Shakespeare, it’s not to be missed.

Read the review at Boston.com »

Women of Will is now on stage at Founders’ Theatre through July 24.

In the News: Tina Packer’s Women of Shakespeare

Published on June 2, 2010 in 2010-2011 Season, In the News and Women of Will. 0 Comments Tags: , .

womenofwillsco10kspra_039-sized_ Yesterday Tina “appeared” on WBUR/NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook to discuss Women of Will. An excerpt from the 45-minute in-depth discussion and call-in segment:

In many ways I’ve been working on this piece for the whole of my artistic life, and I have to ask the question: why should a 21st century feminist spend her time with a dead white male? Well, the answer is because I grow, expand, understand myself better with every play in the canon I immerse myself in, from young actor to director and teacher – and I have now directed almost every play he wrote. My awareness expands. He says things in such a way as allows me to understand the world – politically, psychologically, physically, poetically, philosophically – that change my personal life. He’s the man I would most like to sleep with, if you will – I’m really sorry he’s dead! And in many ways he ain’t dead. He infuses the world with life, and it’s all open to interpretation…

Listen now to “Tina Packer’s Women of Shakespeare” at WBUR and NPR – On Point with Tom Ashbrook.