APT's 'Midsummer' is a modern dress success

By William Wineke, Channel3000.com

June 27, 2017

SPRING GREEN, Wis. - Take one of William Shakespeare's 1595 play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream,” dress the actors in modern garb, add in some fairies, replace lute music with drums and you end up with either a hit or a disaster.

Either way, it takes some courage to even try. Fortunately for American Players Theatre, the ambitious attempt is wildly and amazingly funny.

Like many Shakespearean comedies, the plot of Midsummer is complicated. In fact, there are four plots and those four are only loosely connected.

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