As You Like It: Shakespeare in the Park, Topanga-Style
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Topanga, CA)
An audience favorite, Shakespeare’s As You Like It contains one of the most famous monologues of all time – – “All the world’s a stage” – – and in 2006, it received the royal treatment when Kenneth Branagh directed Bryce Dallas Howard and Kevin Kline in a film version set in 19th-century Japan. With a witty cross-dressing woman, a test of true love and a rebel camp alive with music, Shakespeare proves his plays are timeless yet again. Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum cleverly places the pastoral comedy in the post-Civil War Deep South, a perfect fit for its outdoor stage and afternoon curtain time. No wonder it was just named a “Critic’s Choice” by the Los Angeles Times.
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