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Clown Romeo and Juliet

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The title is less than mellifluous, but the review was titled Die Laughing and the price was right - $8 - so G'ma and Chicago Gal and I decided to give it a whirl.  We are glad that we did. The theater keeps a low profile; we had to drive past it twice before we noticed it.  And it's not a small building.  It was right where the website said it would be, across from the parking lot the county is finally allowing them to use, but the signage is unlit and maybe we were distracted by the crowd outside the neighboring tattoo parlor or the drizzling rain but in any event finding it was an adventure.  I solved the problem by noticing little white Christmas lights outlining a doorway in the general location we'd established for the venue, and then I looked up.  Painted on the wall was our destination : Beowulf Alley. Now, as far as we could tell, there was no alley of any name or description anywhere near or around the theater.  I've read Beowulf a few times ...