{"id":361,"date":"2023-12-11T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2023-12-27T02:27:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T02:27:49","slug":"first-review-for-midwinter-nights-dream-2023-at-stnj-dreams-of-any-kind-cold-or-warm-are-good-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=361","title":{"rendered":"First review for &#8220;Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221; 2023 at STNJ: &#8220;Dreams of Any Kind \u2013 Cold or Warm \u2013 Are Good Ones&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first reviews are coming in for &#8220;A Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221; at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey this winter, and audiences are warming up to the fun and romance playing out onstage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>Dreams of Any Kind \u2013 Cold or Warm \u2013 Are Good Ones<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I hope the theater brings it back winter after winter. It will become a treasure. The strength of the play is the acting. It is not only superb, but everyone in the cast is supremely gifted. They play to each other and, every moment, play to the audience, too. The actors are not only good with their lines, but their facial contortions. They are an ensemble of extraordinary performers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>&#8211; Bruce Chadwick at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newjerseystage.com\/articles\/getarticle2.php?titlelink=dreams-of-any-kind-cold-or-warm-are-good-ones122023\">New Jersey Stage<\/a> (Dec 10, 2023)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Shakes-Dec10a.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Shakes-Dec10a.jpg?resize=600%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Shakes-Dec10a.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Shakes-Dec10a.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>David Foubert (Nick Bottom), James Francis Egbert, Keith Hale, Darin F. Earl II, Jeffrey Marc Alkins, and Eric Hoffmann as The Mechanicals. Photo by Avery Brunkus.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first reviews are coming in for &#8220;A Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221; at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey this winter, and audiences are warming up to the fun and romance playing out onstage. &#8220;Dreams of Any Kind \u2013 Cold or Warm \u2013 Are Good Ones&#8220; &#8220;I hope the theater brings it back winter after winter. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,10,2,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press","category-reviews","category-theatre","category-work"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":370,"url":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=370","url_meta":{"origin":361,"position":0},"title":"Out in Jersey loves David Foubert&#8217;s Bottom in &#8220;Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221;at STNJ","author":"admin","date":"December 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"An incredibly warm review has come in from the good folks at Out in Jersey, and they had lovely things to say about David Foubert's interpretation of the iconic weaver-turned-donkey Nick Bottom in this Shakespearean classic reimagined for a winter setting: \"All right, here it is: The Shakespeare Theatre of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Press","link":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A_Midwinter_Nights_Dream_354.jpg?fit=1200%2C822&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A_Midwinter_Nights_Dream_354.jpg?fit=1200%2C822&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A_Midwinter_Nights_Dream_354.jpg?fit=1200%2C822&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A_Midwinter_Nights_Dream_354.jpg?fit=1200%2C822&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A_Midwinter_Nights_Dream_354.jpg?fit=1200%2C822&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":357,"url":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=357","url_meta":{"origin":361,"position":1},"title":"David Foubert returning to STNJ as Nick Bottom in &#8220;A Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221; December 2023","author":"admin","date":"November 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"David is honored to be returning to his home theater, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, to play the iconic comedic role of Nick Bottom the weaver in STNJ's \"re-seasoned\" production of \"A Midwinter Night's Dream\" this winter. 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You can catch all of his antics through December 31 -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Press","link":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/STNJ_Midwinter_Brunkus_260.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/STNJ_Midwinter_Brunkus_260.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/STNJ_Midwinter_Brunkus_260.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/STNJ_Midwinter_Brunkus_260.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":399,"url":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=399","url_meta":{"origin":361,"position":3},"title":"NJArts Review of &#8220;Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221;: &#8216;I doubt I\u2019ve ever heard as much laughing at a Shakespeare play&#8217;","author":"admin","date":"December 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Another rave review for David Foubert as Bottom and the stellar cast of A Midwinter Night's Dream at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, this time from Jay Lustig at NJArts: I doubt I\u2019ve ever heard as much laughing at a Shakespeare play as I did at \u201cA Midwinter Night\u2019s Dream,\u201d currently\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Theatre&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Theatre","link":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/midwinter.webp?fit=700%2C416&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/midwinter.webp?fit=700%2C416&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/midwinter.webp?fit=700%2C416&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/midwinter.webp?fit=700%2C416&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":381,"url":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=381","url_meta":{"origin":361,"position":4},"title":"BroadwayWorld loves &#8220;A Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221;","author":"admin","date":"December 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The theatre experts over at BroadwayWorld have shared some love for the entire production of \"A Midwinter Night's Dream\" at STNJ, calling it \"A delightful holiday show with wintery magic\" and calling out the play-within-a-play scene featuring David's Nick Bottom as one of the highlights of the show. 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