As a most creditable production of a top-notch script, this show deserves a larger house than it has drawn during the first two weekends of its four-week run.
The Shakespeare Theatre’s production is one that would likely appeal even to Shakespeare-skeptical teenagers.
Within the limitations that the production’s choices impose, all the actors execute their business with great skill and excellent timing.
The subject matter of the play is serious, but there are some well-played humorous moments, and the production’s tone is not allowed to become gloomy.
Not only does the production boast a large number of high-quality performances, but Stephen Aldy Giurgis’ script is a wonder.
A classic of what is sometimes called the “Golden Age of the Broadway Musical,” Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate, is given an uneven performance by Rockville Musical Theatre.
Two worthy productions of Othello opened last weekend, one a mounting of the Shakespeare play, in all its verbal glory, by the Folger Theatre, and the other as part of Synetic Theater’s “Silent Shakespeare Festival.”
Twelve Angry Men, in a strong production by Aldersgate Church Community Theater (ACCT), illustrates, with considerable dramatic exaggeration, the evolution of a jury’s narrative in a murder trial.
No mistake about it, The Arlington Players’ production of Nine is award bait. Every aspect of the show succeeds at a very high level.
The size of the opening night house was smaller than this creditable production of a good play deserved.