The Alchemist: A golden touch that tickles, too

by Cris Edwards
C-Ville Weekly, February 2-8, 2010

Staunton’s American Shakespeare Center prides itself on dramaturgy, a freaky term that normally means “scholarship that ruins theatrical productions.” There is no hint of that in their production of Jonson’s The Alchemist, where the mechanicals have shaped the production in the spirit of the play’s content, and not into a period piece. Characters, one of which is a rootin’-tootin’ Texan, show up in Chuck Taylors and Daisy Dukes, and perform songs from “Flight of the Conchords.”

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