The New Yorker reviews The Tempest

So does the NYT. Both do the play better than I could do here.

And after having sat through last Friday night’s 2 1/4 hr performance (sans intermission), I have to say it was one of the best stage shows I’ve ever seen in terms of set, acting, and style. Then we were lucky enough to be there for a famous BAM artist talk/panel afterwards where even more light was shed on the process of playing out Shakespeare’s swan song. Loved it all.