Jan 28, 2009 | Cut Scenes - Shakespeare - Writing
For those keeping score, VARNISHED FACES falls between chapters 27 and 28 in THE MASTER OF VERONA, at the very beginning of the Fourth Act, entitled The Exiles. There are several reasons why this story pleases me. It fills in a few deficiencies in MV. We...
Oct 23, 2008 | Shakespeare - Theatre
Jay Donly, Sarah Leahy, Brian Carbine, Luna Alexander, Patrice Cross. Photo and lights by Jeromy Hopgood.If you wanted to throw my whole theory about the cause of the feud out of whack, you could point out to me that Lady Montague does not, in fact, have the final...
Oct 22, 2008 | Shakespeare - Theatre
People always speak of the Balcony Scene from Romeo & Juliet as one of the "greatest romantic scenes in literature." Perhaps it is. But it's also two teenagers on the phone late at night. It even comes complete with the...
Oct 21, 2008 | Shakespeare - Theatre
Now that the show has closed, and the edits on the first third of the new novel are done, I can take some time to follow my weeks-old intent and talk a bit about show elements. The first I'd like to mention (mostly...
Oct 13, 2008 | Reviews - Shakespeare - Theatre
As a follow-up to yesterday's post, here's the review of the show from the Eastern Echo, EMU's internal newspaper: Reviving the comedy in classic ‘Romeo and Juliet’ EMU Theatre presents the Shakespearean classic in modern dress By Josh Coudret / Staff...
Oct 12, 2008 | Reviews - Shakespeare - Theatre
Here we are at the end of another week of piecrust promises - easily made and easily broken. I mentioned almost a week ago that I wanted to talk some about the delightful R&J I've spent the last month staging at Eastern Michigan, and some of the...
