The LBSC production of Twelfth Night takes place in a fairy tale world of no distinct location. Shakespeare set his story in “Illyria,” an exotic and remote land, far from his Elizabethan England, probably intending that it should have a dreamy, fantasy-like quality for his audience. Hence, our costumes are colorful and fantastical, our set

As I have been preparing for the Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s birthday tribute to L. Frank Baum (which is actually May 15th, but we’re celebrating at the Goad Theatre on July 7th at 7pm), I’ve been getting a kick out of comparing The Wizard of Oz book with the 1939 film, and learning a lot

It’s Shakespeare’s birthday month, and people keep asking me why Shakespeare is important. They know, of course, but they want to see if I can put it into words. I have come up with a lot of stuffy reasons – all true, but still…stuffy.  I think I have been trying to be deep, academic, philosophical.

I suppose everyone’s life sometimes seems to be a series of connected or related experiences, but I find this true most of the time. One interest connects to another, to another, and so on and on.  You know how you don’t think of something for a long time and then suddenly it comes up everywhere?