Napoli Millionaria
A multi-generational family drama about life during wartime. A moving script, brilliantly acted, fabulously costumed, with a set that powerfully evokes the narrow streets and crowded living conditions described in the program notes. Particularly great performances from Linda Alper and Richard Elmore.
Love's Labors Lost
I'm certain this is not Shakespeare's wordiest play, but I think the program notes were right to say it is one of the plays most centrally about language itself. The characters spend most of the play delighting or amusing each other with improvised poems, witty insults, and dopey love sonnets. After having seen this play several times, I still don't understand the emotional flow of the ending. The abrupt appearance of a messenger announcing the death of the King of France and the suddenly serious conversations of the four previously happy-go-lucky young couples feels out of place. It's almost as though Shakespeare didn't quite know how to end the thing. OSF applies its usual high standards to this production, but I can't say this play is a favorite.
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