Stories related to: Davis Shakespeare Festival

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

The Bard Goes Broadway

October 3, 2018

Davis Shakespeare Festival’s fall production of “As You Like It” has so much music written into the script, it could almost be a musical.

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Davis Shakespeare Festival’s Comedy 'As You Like It' Almost Qualifies As A Musical

October 1, 2018 | Jeff Hudson

Traditional productions hark toward Elizabethan-style melodies. But this contemporary interpretation nods to the British folk rock of the 1960s and ’70s.

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Theatre Review: Davis Shakespeare Breathes New Life, And Death, Into 'Romeo and Juliet'

October 7, 2016 | Jeff Hudson

The Davis Shakespeare Festival – until now a summer event – has expanded into the fall with a production of the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet.” Theatre critic Jeff Hudson says the company’s first foray beyond summer is a real winner.

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Review: 'Bells Are Ringing' Revives Forgotten 50's Musical And Its Very Memorable Songs

July 11, 2016 | Jeff Hudson

The Davis Shakespeare Festival also produces neglected Broadway shows. This season they’ve revived a 60-year-old musical which probably hasn’t been staged locally since the Music Circus did it in 1959. It's almost like opening a time capsule.

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Davis Shakespeare's 'Cyrano' Delights With Irresistible Energy And Acrobatic Wordplay

July 8, 2016 | Jeff Hudson

Hear the name “Cyrano de Bergerac,” and you'll probably think of the French swordsman with the long nose. Cyrano is also long on witty wordplay and just plain fun, as this production from the Davis Shakespeare Festival amply demonstrates.

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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Davis Shakespeare Festival

June 21, 2016

Summer has officially arrived and so has the annual Davis Shakespeare Festival. Rob Salas and Gia Battista, join Insight to talk about what audiences can expect to see.

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Theatre Review: Twelfth Night

July 17, 2015 | Jeff Hudson

Audiences have been laughing at Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" since the 1600's, partly because this comedy has people falling helplessly in love and partly because of the shenanigans of Sir Toby Belch, played masterfully in this Davis production.

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Theatre Review: Davis Shakespeare Festival

July 10, 2014 | Jeff Hudson

There’s a new summer theater series in the Sacramento region – the Davis Shakespeare Festival. They’re staging an evergreen Shakespeare comedy, and a small Broadway musical from 1963. Critic Jeff Hudson says this new venture is off to a strong start.

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