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face=Georgia><FONT color=#333333>CPH’s ‘Shakespeare in Love’ finds its muse, and
then some</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face=Georgia><FONT color=#333333>Turning a screenplay into a stage play is an
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face=Georgia><FONT color=#333333>One need only have seen the touring production
of “Dirty Dancing” at Playhouse Square, the musical “Bring It On” at the Beck
Center or last year’s “Disney’s Freaky Friday” at the Cleveland Play House to
understand the truth in this understatement.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#373737>CPH’s current staging of “Shakespeare in Love” suggests that the
company has not shied away from screen-to-stage projects.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But it has also learned a lesson from
all that went wrong with </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT color=#333333>“Freaky Friday,” resulting in
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN
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color=#373737>all that goes right in this gorgeous, thoroughly entertaining,
hopelessly romantic and absolutely engrossing
production.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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