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Verily, summer is the season for the staging of Shakespeare plays. Huzzah! July is welcoming two productions of the Bard — Sacramento Shakespeare Festival is presenting a disco version of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and Cosumnes River College is doing “Twelfth Night” at Elk Grove’s Shakespeare in the Park. Then, there is Music Circus’ rendition of “West Side Story,” inspired by Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” featuring Tony and Maria as the star-crossed lovers.
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is described by Sacramento Shakespeare Festival as Shakespeare’s most popular comedy, where “you will meet Oberon’s and Titania’s fairies looking to make mischief; four lovers chasing each other through the fairy-enchanted woods; and a rag-tag bunch of workers rehearsing in the woods. What could go wrong?”
“It’s a roller-disco remix,” said Luther Hanson, festival director. “In this production, all the characters you know and love have been transported to the glittering, fantastic, colorful 1980s, along with some of your favorite music of the time.”