Tuesday, April 20, 2010
'Richard III' at CMU challenges and entertains
Post Gazette: Shakespeare's Richard III is a monster without peer in Western drama, deformed physically and psychologically into pure ambition. The character dominates the sprawling play, with more than a third of the lines, making the role among the most demanding in theater.
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I saw Richard III four times already, and plan to see it at least once more. The entire production was an incredible work, from the acting to the design, everything stood out. The lead, Gabe King, was nothing less than outstanding. The design did a brilliant job of bridging the gap between the past, present, future, and surrealism.
This article was interestingly dry, mentioning things that weren't that prominent or especially essential to this production. Last but not least, the authors not that " Elizabeth wears a bizarre half-white, half-red outfit, including a two-color headgear" is a bit harsh. and the said "headgear" is a wig with a feathered hat.
This review for CMU Dramas Richard III is somewhat unique in that they don’t say if the show is good or bad. I find it interesting that Richard has about half of the lines; I did not notice that during the show, but I guess that he is right because he is in almost every scene in the show. It is unique the way in which he describes the direction that Matt Gray took the production. The only negative thing that he said was that some of the things that we tried did not work. I find it strange that he did not give examples of that. I hope to see other reviews that give us more feedback on how we did.
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