Word: playful
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...using the induction, the Project believes that makes “The Taming of the Shrew” more accessible; the play within the play takes place in Padua, but by setting this production in the tavern shown during the induction, the Project brings the show onto more familiar ground, which is enhanced by the remote feel of The Garage’s basement...
...We’re really interested in getting young people into the theatre,” Evett says. “We think that our particular approach to these plays does make them accessible in a way that doesn’t condescend… or reduce the integrity of the play but actually informs...
Popular adaptations of “The Taming of the Shrew”—“Kiss Me Kate” or “Ten Things I Hate About You”—emphasize the opinion that the play is a portrait of misogyny and a comedic study of gender relations—one that continues to entertain. “We never grow tired of looking at how men and women fight and fall in love,” Evett says. But he and the Project see even more relevant themes beneath that...
...Kate’s journey is about figuring out how to play nice with others, and that’s not something that she does naturally,” Bensussen says. “With this cultural moment and this presidency, we’re looking for civility in discourse and we want to find a vocabulary for collaboration and not obstinacy, and the play speaks to that in that it can create harmony in that...
...play primarily about mathematics, “Proof” has a lot to say about the nature of human existence. “It very much looks at the fine line between brilliance and insanity,” says director Kriti Lodha ’12. David Auburn’s Pulitzer-Prize winning drama is being performed at the Loeb Experimental Theater through tomorrow in an effort to bring the play’s relevance to campus. “Being here [at Harvard], I’ve met so many interesting characters,” says Lodha...