Comments on: Review: `A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/05/08/review-a-midsummer-night%e2%80%99s-dream%e2%80%99/ San Francisco Bay Area backstage Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:18:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: elisamaza http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/05/08/review-a-midsummer-night%e2%80%99s-dream%e2%80%99/#comment-435 elisamaza Mon, 12 May 2008 01:03:43 +0000 http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/05/08/review-a-midsummer-night%e2%80%99s-dream%e2%80%99/#comment-435 I went a couple of nights in, loved it, and was appalled by some of my fellow audience members. Many of the people who bailed at intermission voiced their displeasure quite loudly (some in running commentary during the show), and most seemed upset not at the quality of the performance, but simply because it required a different type of engagement than they were expecting. How dare Supple and co. think that the theater might be a place to explore how human expression and storytelling transcend linguistic boundaries?! For my part, I thought the ensemble and the production were fabulous. Some things worked better than others, but overall, the passion and comedy came through beautifully in all 8 languages. Perhaps later audiences, being better informed, will be more open-minded, not to mention respectful. I went a couple of nights in, loved it, and was appalled by some of my fellow audience members. Many of the people who bailed at intermission voiced their displeasure quite loudly (some in running commentary during the show), and most seemed upset not at the quality of the performance, but simply because it required a different type of engagement than they were expecting. How dare Supple and co. think that the theater might be a place to explore how human expression and storytelling transcend linguistic boundaries?! For my part, I thought the ensemble and the production were fabulous. Some things worked better than others, but overall, the passion and comedy came through beautifully in all 8 languages. Perhaps later audiences, being better informed, will be more open-minded, not to mention respectful.

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]]> By: www.tagsto.com/trackback/ http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/05/08/review-a-midsummer-night%e2%80%99s-dream%e2%80%99/#comment-431 www.tagsto.com/trackback/ Fri, 09 May 2008 18:05:25 +0000 http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/05/08/review-a-midsummer-night%e2%80%99s-dream%e2%80%99/#comment-431 <strong>Hubs of Review: `A Midsummer Night’s Dream’...</strong> hubs about to Beautiful, challenging, rewarding – those are three words that immediately come to mind when thinking about the production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream now at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre. I’d also use the word ... Hubs of Review: `A Midsummer Night’s Dream’…

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]]> By: Sam http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/05/08/review-a-midsummer-night%e2%80%99s-dream%e2%80%99/#comment-429 Sam Thu, 08 May 2008 17:34:43 +0000 http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/05/08/review-a-midsummer-night%e2%80%99s-dream%e2%80%99/#comment-429 Thank you! I was aghast. I thought the performances were dazzling. I've sat through lousy productions both there and next door where everyone stayed, and last night I felt embarrassed by the rudeness of the opening night crowd. Some of them didn't even wait till intermission! Do people just panic if there are no supertitles, or what? I support anyone's right to leave at intermission if they're not enjoying a show -- and I've even exercised that right myself a few times lately -- but this was just ridiculous and insulting. Thank you! I was aghast. I thought the performances were dazzling. I’ve sat through lousy productions both there and next door where everyone stayed, and last night I felt embarrassed by the rudeness of the opening night crowd. Some of them didn’t even wait till intermission! Do people just panic if there are no supertitles, or what?

I support anyone’s right to leave at intermission if they’re not enjoying a show — and I’ve even exercised that right myself a few times lately — but this was just ridiculous and insulting.

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