IT Shakespeare play, the sequel
I thought it was "As you Like it." Turns out "Taming of the Shrew" is getting a couple of local workouts, too.
We've got Shakespeare Festival/ L.A. which _ as their moniker might suggest _ tailors Shakespeare works to Los Angeles and the Southern California area. Not sure what this means for the company's modern L.A-set "Shrew" opening July 9 at Cathedral Our Lady of the Angels (and then playing July 23-27 at the South Coast Botanic Gardens), but director Ben Donenberg knows his stuff and usually serves up something interesting.
The SF/LA "Shrew" promises to "examine Angelenos' negotiations with transportation, relationships and commerce."
The food donation admission charge for the Queen of Angels run is a pretty cool thing as well. (213) 975-989, www.ShakespeareFestivalLA.org.
Closer to home (if you live in the Valley) is Shakespeare in the Park-ing Lot Sunday morning production of "Shrew" that runs July 13 through Aug. 17. No description of any special concept-izing, but there will be Renaissance music. (866) 811- 4111 or www.theatermania.com.
Given that the Park-ing Lot "Shrew" plays at 10 a.m. and Sf/LA goes up in the evening, I guess it's even possible to see both in one day on. Not that any sick, "Shrew" obsessed individual would actually attempt such a thing.
You might also note that the Repertory East Theatre in Saugus/Santa Clarita will be doing Taming in the Shrew as part of Shakespeare in the Park, 6pm, the weekends of 6/22 and 6/28. More information is at their website, http://www.repeastplayhouse.org/