I've been so wrapped up in the neverending "must be done"s and "ought to get done"s that I've long since written off the "enjoy doing"s... and that's not right ( Read more... )

So, I've been to England to see the Queen Benedict Cumberbatch. And I loved it.

...as I normally tolerate Hamlet at best, this may be a warning as much as praise. Much more under the cut. And yes... the production needs cut text.

( I'm going to watch Lyndsey Turner's career with interest )

There's a music video of my hands-down favorite song from Something Rotten: Hard to be the Bard.

Watch for the lyrics or for Christian Borle wearing little more above the waist than a neck ruff. I'm not judging.

Does anyone lie awake at 4 a.m. and wonder why, if Shakespeare wrote in iambs, his character names tend toward dactyls or amphibraches? Or is it just me lying awake in the wee hours going:
Higgilty piggilty Romeo and Juliet
Ruin the meter in which their plays scan
Benedict and his dear Beatrice likewise, and
Richard the Third, that poor mistreated

Holy crap, Something Rotten is one of the best shows I've seen in my entire life. Take Shakespeare and every musical of the last 50 years, throw them in a blender, and add some brilliant actors and watch them compete for Tonys ( Read more... )

The Stratford (Ont) theater festival guide arrived yesterday, and for all I was "meh" when someone told me what the plays were last year, now that I know details I'm all "There are five I am GOING TO SEE. Nonnegotiable ( Read more... )

Last night I saw the most uproarious, hilarious, unique version of Midsummer Night's Dream I've ever seen - and I'd only gone because I'd been offered a free ticket and Scott Wentworth was in it ( Read more... )

I'm of two minds about this year's Shakespeare trial. Measure for Measure isn't a particular favorite. On the other hand, this is the description ( Read more... )

suricattus is right; this plot makes more sense when you think of the whole thing being a very drunken weekend party ( Read more... )

Random links to while away the holiday ( Read more... )