P laywright George Herman's best-known play, "A Company of Wayward Saints," has been in print since it was first published 50 years ago. The slapstick comedy will open July 11 at Armstrong Atlantic… ...

This ballet, based on Italian commedia dell’arte, left the Russian tsar's court in stitches.

The tramp, the Jew, the policeman, the soubrette and the straight man are as persistently unvarying as Harlequin, Pierrot, Columbine and the Captain were 250 years ago.

The Venetian Twins, Trap Door Theatre, at Angel Island. Devotees of commedia dell’arte hated 18th-century playwright Carlo Goldoni because he committed three unpardonable sins. He mixed stock ...

True love is nothing to laugh at, and yet when Harlequin expressed his passion for Columbine, the devotion came with a side of drollness. When this motley-clad jester leapt in ardor, his feet ...

Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside Photo by Rosalie O'Connor The plot unfolds in stereotypical Commedia dell'arte style with mischief, mayhem, and romance galore. Columbine (Isabella Boylston ...

Full of madcap humor, incorrigible servants, and unforgettable characters, this tribute to the Italian commedia dell’arte tradition is not to be missed. Part of the Ratmansky Project.

A lively troupe of commedia players love the story of Cinderella so much they try to improve upon it. Arlequin, the mischief-maker, boasts about getting the role of the prince. But Columbine gives ...

The leader-impresario, Harlequin (Andrew Mueller), of a stranded, down-on-its-luck commedia dell’arte troupe meets a wealthy patron who promises them traveling funds if they can improvise a play ...