Thunder_NN1 rumbles_NN2 ._SENT Lightning_NN1 flashes_NN2 ._SENT A_AT0 rope_NN1 slithers_VVZ on_AVP ,_PUN cordoning_VVG the_AT0 ensemble_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 shape_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 ship_NN1 's_POS hull_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 sail_NN1 rises_VVZ behind_PRP them_PNP ._SENT Wind_NN1 squalls_NN2 ._SENT Other_AJ0 actors_NN2 become_VVB waves_NN2 and_CJC seaweed_NN1 ._SENT Two_CRD bodies_NN2 ,_PUN both_AV0 all_DT0 in_PRP white_AJ0 ,_PUN float_VVB above_PRP the_AT0 others_NN2 ._SENT They_PNP 're_VBB reaching_VVG fruitlessly_AV0 for_PRP each_DT0 other_NN1 's_POS hands_NN2 ._SENT Wordlessly_AV0 and_CJC gorgeously_AV0 ,_PUN San_NP0 Francisco_NP0 Playhouse_NP0 's_POS "_PUQ Twelfth_ORD Night_NN1 "_PUQ communicates_VVZ the_AT0 backstory_NN1 of_PRF twins_NN2 Viola_NP0 (_PUL Sophia_NP0 Introna_NP0 )_PUR and_CJC Sebastian_NP0 (_PUL Bear_VVB Manescalchi_NP0 )_PUR ,_PUN who_PNQ are_VBB separated_VVN by_PRP a_AT0 shipwreck_NN1 ._SENT Then_AV0 Shaina_NP0 Taub_NP0 's_POS music_NN1 kicks_VVZ in_AVP ,_PUN a_AT0 joyful_AJ0 ,_PUN jazzy_AJ0 expansion_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 show_NN1 's_POS famous_AJ0 first_ORD line_NN1 :_PUN "_PUQ If_CJS music_NN1 be_VBB the_AT0 food_NN1 of_PRF love_NN1 ,_PUN play_VVB on_AVP ._SENT "_PUQ This_DT0 production_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ opened_VVD Wednesday_NP0 ,_PUN Dec._NP0 1_CRD ,_PUN is_VBZ no_AT0 ordinary_AJ0 take_NN1 on_PRP William_NP0 Shakespeare_NP0 's_POS romantic_AJ0 comedy_NN1 of_PRF gender_NN1 swaps_NN2 ,_PUN mistaken_AJ0 identities_NN2 and_CJC interlocking_AJ0 love_NN1 triangles_NN2 (_PUL which_DTQ grow_VVB into_PRP quadrilaterals_NN2 )_PUR ._SENT Conceived_VVN by_PRP Kwame_NP0 Kwei-Armah_NP0 and_CJC Taub_NP0 ,_PUN it_PNP adapts_VVZ Shakespeare_NP0 into_PRP a_AT0 musical_NN1 so_AV0 persuasively_AV0 that_CJT you_PNP might_VM0 think_VVI the_AT0 two_CRD genres_NN2 had_VHD always_AV0 been_VBN intertwined_VVN ._SENT Is_VBZ there_EX0 really_AV0 that_CJT much_DT0 difference_NN1 ,_PUN after_PRP all_DT0 ,_PUN between_PRP a_AT0 searching_AJ0 soliloquy_NN1 and_CJC an_AT0 11_CRD o'clock_AV0 number_NN1 ?_SENT San_NP0 Francisco_NP0 Playhouse_NP0 is_VBZ a_AT0 midsize_AJ0 company_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC it_PNP 's_VBZ still_AV0 a_AT0 scrappy_AJ0 one_PNI —_PUN the_AT0 kind_NN1 of_PRF place_NN1 where_CJS the_AT0 founders_NN2 '_POS dog_NN1 roams_VVZ lobby_NN1 and_CJC house_NN1 on_PRP opening_AJ0 night_NN1 ._SENT With_PRP "_PUQ Twelfth_ORD Night_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ director_NN1 Susi_NP0 Damilano_NP0 reveals_VVZ it_PNP at_PRP its_DPS best_AJS ,_PUN showing_VVG how_AVQ much_DT0 artists_NN2 can_VM0 accomplish_VVI when_CJS they_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 have_VHI Broadway_NN1 budgets_NN2 ,_PUN but_CJC more_AV0 than_CJS make_VVI up_AVP for_PRP it_PNP with_PRP ingenuity_NN1 ,_PUN craft_NN1 ,_PUN perceptiveness_NN1 and_CJC compassion_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 show_NN1 's_POS whole_AJ0 setup_NN1 —_PUN castaway_NN1 Viola_NP0 disguising_VVG herself_PNX as_PRP Cesario_NP0 in_PRP order_NN1 to_TO0 work_VVI for_PRP Illyria_NP0 's_POS Duke_NP0 Orsino_NP0 (_PUL Sean_NP0 Fenton_NP0 )_PUR —_PUN is_VBZ dispatched_VVN before_CJS you_PNP know_VVB it_PNP ,_PUN within_PRP a_AT0 single_AJ0 ,_PUN economical_AJ0 number_NN1 and_CJC costume_NN1 change_NN1 ._SENT Shakespeare_NP0 newbies_NN2 are_VBB welcome_AJ0 here_AV0 ;_PUN the_AT0 pro_AJ0 Michael_NP0 Gene_NP0 Sullivan_NP0 as_PRP Sir_NP0 Toby_NP0 Belch_NP0 can_VM0 tell_VVI a_AT0 whole_AJ0 story_NN1 the_AT0 way_NN1 he_PNP enters_VVZ falling_VVG down_AVP a_AT0 staircase_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 way_NN1 he_PNP uses_VVZ single_AJ0 words_NN2 as_PRP rocket_NN1 launching_VVG pads_NN2 to_PRP whole_AJ0 new_AJ0 shades_NN2 of_PRF meaning_NN1 ._SENT Damilano_NP0 has_VHZ assembled_VVN a_AT0 cast_NN1 with_PRP stellar_AJ0 singing_NN1 voices_NN2 ,_PUN which_DTQ under_PRP the_AT0 music_NN1 direction_NN1 of_PRF Dave_NP0 Dobrusky_NP0 blend_NN1 together_AV0 as_CJS if_CJS they_PNP 'd_VHD been_VBN in_PRP a_AT0 chorus_NN1 together_AV0 for_PRP years_NN2 ._SENT Especially_AV0 strong_AJ0 is_VBZ Sam_NP0 Paley_NP0 as_PRP Feste_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ approaches_VVZ the_AT0 ballad_NN1 "_PUQ If_CJS You_PNP Were_VBD My_DPS Beloved_NN1 "_PUQ as_CJS if_CJS she_PNP could_VM0 lift_VVI the_AT0 burdens_NN2 of_PRF thwarted_AJ0 lovers_NN2 Viola_NP0 and_CJC Orsino_NP0 off_PRP their_DPS shoulders_NN2 ._SENT 
