Last night, we and Joanie went to Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park, to see As You Like It. We have seen this play performed there before, twenty years ago. I still have the t-shirt. Then it was only the fourth season of Shakespeare in the park. Twenty years later the festival is still going, albeit maybe not as strongly as in the past. To claim a good spot, we got there at six, even if the show did not start until eight. In the past there were many preshow divertissements. Minstrels would wander through the audience, juggling, performing slapstick and making music. Not this year. In the past a mini version of the night’s main performance would present a tongue-in-cheek synopsis. They called this the Green Room Show, but not this year. Fortunately, the cartoon storyboard was still available this year.  I view these degradations as another case of how Covid ruined everything. It almost killed the Rep. It is good to see that the Shakespeare Festival is still alive.