Review: LB Shakespeare Company

by Susan Dodson

LW Contributor

The Helen Borgers Theatre on Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach is home to the Long Beach Shakespeare Company. The company performed an old-time radio show called “The Strange Case of Miss Alice Faulkner” on March 26. On the recent recommendation of this venue by another LWer in this paper, a neighbor and I decided to attend.

Five on-stage performers played over a dozen roles in this clever adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes story. This involved, of course, Sherlock, Moriarty, hidden letters, and a gas chamber intended for Holmes!

This production was intended for only one week, but other radio shows, Shakespeare plays, and even musicals will be performed in this 2023 season. Seats are reasonably priced, so I encourage all LWers to attend a show soon.