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The flash of paparazzi cameras. The flash of lightning. The flash of a knife.
In “Julius Caesar 1922,” the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival overlays The Bard’s great tragedy about the end of the Roman republic to a visual backdrop of 20th-century Italy — the cusp of Benito Mussolini’s march on Rome and rise to the fascist state — in a pleasing manner that blends two seismic historic events that took place in the very same city some 2,000 years apart.
For over a decade, I’ve enjoyed the summer production put on by Sacramento City College’s City Theatre. And while it is a bit disappointing to no longer enjoy a Shakespeare play over wine and cheese as the sun sets beyond the William A. Carroll Amphitheatre, the troupe this year does not disappoint; Art Court Theatre’s air conditioning also makes up for the lack of wine — but bring an extra layer!