Shakespeare in Clark Park

Wed., July 29-Sun., Aug. 2, 7 p.m., free, Clark Park, 43rd Street and Baltimore Avenue, 215-462-2115, shakespeareinclarkpark.org.

by Molly Eichel

theater

Alex Torra can't quite put his finger on why parks are such popular venues for the Bard. "There's something magical about ... watching a play outdoors as the sun goes down," says the director of this year's Shakespeare in Clark Park selection, A Comedy of Errors. To tell the story of identical twins separated at birth — whose servants, too, are identical twins, separated at birth — Torra introduces a new vocabulary of heightened, cartoony reality influenced by mambo and bossa nova, enhancing that certain je ne sais quoi.