![]() ![]() Next Act Theatre performs "God's Spies" through May 21 at 255 S. "God's Spies" is Next Act's entry in World Premiere Wisconsin, a statewide festival of new plays and musicals. I found this one superior to last season's Cain offering, "The Last White Man," and easier for someone who is not a Shakespeare obsessive to follow.ĭavid Cecsarini directed and co-sound designed "God's Spies," capping off an incredible three decades as Next Act's producing artistic director. Hamlet’s soliloquy from William Shakespeare’s play is rightly celebrated for being a meditation on the nature of life and death, but some analyses and interpretations of the soliloquy serve to reduce the lines to a more simplistic meaning. Like some of Cain's other plays, there's a lot of comedy and argument about how theater is made here. It would not hurt to reacquaint yourself with "King Lear" before seeing it, as "Lear" plot points are discussed and the Shakespeare play is frequently quoted. ![]() This is the fifth Cain play that Next Act has produced, the third with a Shakespearean theme. The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic infuses Cain's humane comedy, as evidenced by Ruth's relentless tidying and Shakespeare's blithe, ignorant dismissal that it will only last a few days. ![]()
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