The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, Directed by Beth Burns for The Hidden Room, York Rite Masonic Hall, Austin TX, Sept 27 – Oct 20, 2019, reviewed on October 20, 2019 (www.hiddenroomtheatre.com). Reviewed by James Loehlin, University of Texas The Duchess of Malfi extends the Hidden Room Theatre’s project of marshalling historical performance techniques for potent contemporary […]
The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Kevin Gates. At the City Theater, Austin, TX, June 8, 2017. Review by Michael Saenger What in the world does one do with The Taming of the Shrew? When I was growing up, it was a staple of community theater, a hilarious and (chuckle) romantic tale of an […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shit-faced Shakespeare, Magnificent Bastards Productions, at the Spider House, Austin, Texas. January 22, 2016 Reviewed by Michael Saenger, Southwestern University A preparatory note: random numbers are surprisingly difficult to generate. Computer programs often need them, especially in games and in encryption software, but computers and mathematics have a hard time generating randomness. The old fashioned […]