I applaud any effort made by anyone to bring Shakespeare to the masses. I’ve now seen Shakespeare in the Park in more parks than I can remember, have seen just about every filmed version Hollywood has churned out, and even sat through a version of Hamlet set in a modern day metropolis (you haven’t lived until you’ve seen Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in three-piece suits).

So, when I hear that there is a trio performing, all in one show, the complete works of William Shakespeare, I say this I’ve got to see. But I wonder, as do you I’m sure, how they will do it?

Well, this is how: It’s three men, 37 plays, 90 minutes. If you go to Centennial Park expecting anything deep, you didn’t do the math right. By all accounts, it’s great fun, and even the Bard needs to be brought down a peg every once in a while. Runs Aug. 27 through Sept. 13.

Dane

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