At Shakespeare Theatre Company, whirlwind of a Bottom spins ‘Midsummer’ for laughs

As socko finishes go, few comedies can match the one William Shakespeare came up with 400-plus years ago for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The mirthfully tragic “Pyramus and Thisbe” skit — an Elizabethan foreshadowing of the canon of Mel Brooks — is as close to a guarantee of giddy-ever-after as any bit of amusement a playwright has ever put to paper. Read full article >>