It's summer, and time to empty the 'to-do' list
Making progress on a promise never to waste another summer.
Notes from a quick Ashland trip
Closing of Bowmer Theatre triggers some creative shuffling at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
On graduation eve, Polonius seems wise
Sure, Polonius from "Hamlet" may be a scheming fool. But a few days before high school graduation, I can understand the advice he gives his departing son.
From Polonius to your graduate: What's your advice?
It’s an unfair assignment, from a teacher to a parent, but it was one I tackled to the extent I could. The assignment came from my daughter’s literature teacher, Dena Minato. In it, Minato referred to the advice that Polonius gives to his son, Laertes, during the course of “Hamlet.” (You know the speech; it’s...
Notes from an Ashland weekend
Checking out a pair of Oregon Shakespeare Festival offerings during a quick weekend trip.
A first look at OSF's 2012 season
As we start to attend the festival's 2011 offerings, we're already looking forward to the 2012 slate.
OSF overview gets bumped back
For the two or three of you who were thinking about rushing to the Entertainer on Friday to see my story about the early-season plays now running at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival: You’ll have to wait a week. Nancy Raskauskas, the Entertainer’s ace editor, told me earlier this week that the April 16 edition was...
Wanted: Your takes on OSF plays
For this Friday’s Entertainer, I’m writing about the 2010 season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival — and offering short assessments of the three plays I was able to catch there recently. (The family and I saw “Hamlet,” “Pride and Prejudice” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”) We were unable to get tickets to “Ruined,”...
Speaking of mistakes: Eliot, not Sand
Over the weekend, I took my wife to see the Majestic Theatre’s summer production of “All the Great Books (abridged),” and was mortified to discover that I had made a mistake in my preview story about the play that appeared in last week’s Entertainer. I wrote that the play makes a quick reference to George...
Majestic takes it outside
Majestic officials say summer outdoor productions could be the start of an annual tradition.
Inside ‘All the Great Books’
'All the Great Books (abridged)' is shaping up as a fast-paced romp through familiar literary masterworks. For more on the play, see Friday's Entertainer.
