Indianapolis, Indiana, February 25 – March 2:
The Piercing Eloquence troupe spent a week in Indianapolis, but I did very little exploring of the state’s capital, chiefly because I partly grew up in Indiana, and my father still lives in Bloomington. That’s right: I may originally be from Philadelphia, I may have spent the last seven [...]
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Back Home Again in Shakespeare-Related Verbosity and/or Indiana
Posted in On Touring, Pictures, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Dave Barry, entertainment, Henry V, Hoosier, Keats, lolactors, Martian Death Flu, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, the drama of not doing a show, theater, theatre on March 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Four Shrews and a Merchant
Posted in On Touring, tagged american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, crankypants, Dave Barry, entertainment, hijinks of irregular repertory, Jane Austen, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, the drama of not doing a show, theater, theatre, touring theatre on February 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today, Bardolatry is sponsoring an opinion poll regarding the title of this post. Is it:
a. A play on ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral,’ unfortunately more apt than anything involving Andie MacDowell should be
b. The beginning of a Paul Reisman joke (“Four shrews and a merchant walk into a bar…eh?”)
c. A bad title and should be [...]
A Good Shrew
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Dave Barry, Finger Ninja, Ken doll, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre on October 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A brief question and answer session, in the earlier tradition, regarding the title:
Q. Do you really intend the bad sound-play pun in the title that I perceive you do?
A. Are we not Shakespearean actors? And does this not hone our fine sensibilities to attempt bawdy jokes on all themes, at all times?
Q. You are answering [...]
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