SHERWOOD: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD

Presented by Plaza Theatre Company
Runs through 9/25/2021

“Swashbuckling” is a rarely used term these days. With big-screen stories like Star Wars and Pirates of the Caribbean and the endless series of Marvel movies, swashbuckling is required of every hero and heroine. But in the early days of the talkies, Errol Flynn set a standard for what an exciting character should be. Flynn is probably most known for the Robin Hood most of us growing up. His Adventures of Robin Hood did the most to create the iconic Robin on screen from those wonderful stories.

Ken Ludwig grew up on that story too, enough so that the prolific author wrote his own stage play about this character. Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood is that story, now playing in Cleburne’s Dudley Hall. Plaza Theatre Company brought this ...

THE FOURTH WALL

Presented by Allen's Community Theatre
Runs through 10/9/2021

A.R. Gurney’s The Fourth Wall is a political satire about a suburban housewife trying to find her place in life now that the children have left the nest. She has positioned her living room to resemble a stage set, complete with faux alcohol. The fourth wall in the room (a theater reference to the invisible wall between the stage and the audience) is completely bare, with all the furniture oriented toward it. The play examines the motives behind the arrangement, along with its bigger political meaning. Theatrical references are widely dispersed throughout the play, complete with a selection of Cole Porter songs.

While director Eddy Herring’s vision was understandable, the execution was not without its flaws. The staging was done well, and for the most part the actors were on top of ...