SHAKESPEARE SEASON.

SHAKESPEARE SEASON. Yesterday’s post on Shakespeare was partly suggested by the beginning of Shakespeare season. The set for the Shakespeare on the Sound production of COMEDY OF ERRORS has been going up down the hill two blocks from us. Shakespeare on the Sound has been here for over ten years (Zach Braff was Romeo here), but there seems to be a good new summer Shakespeare theater opening near us every couple years. Curtain Call in Stamford has done wonderful outdoor productions the last few years. This article describes the upcoming summer productions in New York City, including one that takes place at eight different spots in Central Park and another that takes place in a municipal parking lot, with the blocking changing each evening, depending on where the cars are parked. The play stops every so often when a car needs to pull out. The audience accepts this, just as the audience for Shakespeare on the Sound accepts the need for a pause whenever the fire company needs to respond to a call. All of which supports my claim that audiences use their imaginations.