Milwaukee’s Globe
June 2, 2013Events

Milwaukee’s Globe

All the world is indeed a stage for the Optimist Theatre – or all of Milwaukee, at least. For its fourth production of summer Shakespeare, Optimist moves from Alverno College’s campus to the stunning new amphitheater in Kadish Park, ideal for that full (free-of-charge) “Shakespeare in the Park” experience. Appropriately, this year’s offering is As You Like It, the Bard’s masterful romantic comedy that finds a cast of royals and ruffians spending much time in the Forest of Arden. Sitting on a Brewers’ Hill bluff overlooking city lights and the Lake Michigan expanse, we can’t think of a better place…

BY Paul Kosidowski

All the world is indeed a stage for the Optimist Theatre – or all of Milwaukee, at least. For its fourth production of summer Shakespeare, Optimist moves from Alverno College’s campus to the stunning new amphitheater in Kadish Park, ideal for that full (free-of-charge) “Shakespeare in the Park” experience. Appropriately, this year’s offering is As You Like It, the Bard’s masterful romantic comedy that finds a cast of royals and ruffians spending much time in the Forest of Arden. Sitting on a Brewers’ Hill bluff overlooking city lights and the Lake Michigan expanse, we can’t think of a better place to ponder the cynical Jaques’ reflection on the seven ages of man.

As You Like It (July 12-21). Optimist Theatre. Kadish Park. 308 E. Lloyd St., 262-498-5777, optimisttheatre.org.

Paul Kosidowski
Paul Kosidowski is a freelance writer and critic who contributes regularly to Milwaukee Magazine, WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio and national arts magazines. He writes weekly reviews and previews for the Culture Club column. He was literary director of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater from 1999-2006. In 2007, he was a fellow with the NEA Theater and Musical Theater Criticism Institute at the University of Southern California. His writing has also appeared in American Theatre magazine, Backstage, The Boston Globe, Theatre Topics, and Isthmus (Madison, Wis.). He has taught theater history, arts criticism and magazine writing at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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