Engaging Shaw
The Taming of the Shaw. When conventional methods can't nab George Bernard Shaw's heart, Charlotte Payne-Townshend tries an unconventional approach. John Morogiello's comedy may, or may not, be based on fact (Shaw's farcical breakdown plays like pure fiction). It helps to have Shaw's witticisms sprinkled throughout the otherwise pedestrian dialogue. And to have Angela Pierce playing Charlotte for the Old Globe. She grows more forthright with every scene. Rod Brogan gives young Shaw the right amount of cocksureness, though his accent comes and goes. Michael Warner and Natalie Gold show that Sidney Webb and wife Beatrice had a marriage of true minds. Engaging Shaw is entertaining. But it's a paltry imitation of the master, who should appear on a local stage, and soon.
Worth a try.
When
Ongoing until Sunday, September 4, 2011
Hours
| Sundays, 2pm & 7pm |
| Tuesdays, 7pm |
| Wednesdays, 7pm |
| Thursdays, 8pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 2pm & 8pm |