Midsummer Night's Dream at American Players Theatre

By Dave Begel, Milwaukee Theater Reviews & News

June 19, 2017

William Shakespeare called “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” a comedy and it has been performed  more in the four centuries since it was written than any other of his plays.

There is a tendency to say “Oh, Not Again,” when it shows up on a bill for a theater company. I mean, what else can there be in this play that we’ve never seen before?

The answer to that, under the direction of John Langs at American Players Theatre, is more humor and laughs than I’ve seen in a dozen or so productions of this classic.

It took only a few seconds after the lights came up for this crew to put a stamp on this one as something unique and exciting.

With the thumping sound of a hundred drums there was a sudden onslaught of a thousand dancers and actors, moving with abandon around the brand new stage at the Hill Theatre.

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