From the fields of Bosworth
Aug. 31st, 2014 10:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cyranoQuick day one report: Enjoying the shows.
Comedy of Errors with the Harlem Renaissance as a backdrop: At first I wasn't sure if it was more minstrel show than Redd Foxx, and began to think that maybe I'd run out of ways I could see the show presented. By the end I was far more at peace with it. Plus, Cab Calloway as the Duke of Ephesus. Your argument is invalid.
Richard III: There are two ways you can go with this show. There is the BAD THINGS AND TRAGEDY emotions at eleven because everybody is dead way, or you have Richard sniping at everything (including himself) and running snide commentary to the audience. Doing both is tricky. Dan Donohue, a recent star addition to the repertory, is a very good actor whose style I do not care for (but wherefore I know not, precisely). He does his best to run the balance, but the production feels uncomfortable.
Comedy of Errors with the Harlem Renaissance as a backdrop: At first I wasn't sure if it was more minstrel show than Redd Foxx, and began to think that maybe I'd run out of ways I could see the show presented. By the end I was far more at peace with it. Plus, Cab Calloway as the Duke of Ephesus. Your argument is invalid.
Richard III: There are two ways you can go with this show. There is the BAD THINGS AND TRAGEDY emotions at eleven because everybody is dead way, or you have Richard sniping at everything (including himself) and running snide commentary to the audience. Doing both is tricky. Dan Donohue, a recent star addition to the repertory, is a very good actor whose style I do not care for (but wherefore I know not, precisely). He does his best to run the balance, but the production feels uncomfortable.