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'The Tempest' Gets a Californian Makeover

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You might say California politics are full of Shakespearean drama, with a history full of power grabs, betrayal and fatally flawed leaders. Los Angeles' Cornerstone Theatre is taking that idea to a new level. The community theater troupe re-imagines the magic realism of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" as a parable steeped in California politics, agriculture and the hunger that drives so many Californians.

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