The New York Times‘ Ben Brantley visited Shakespeare & Company this week to weigh in on Twelfth Night and The Dreamer Examines His Pillow. What follows are just a couple of the wonderful things he had to say:
“Even theatergoers who caught the Public Theater’s star-powered “Twelfth Night” in Central Park this summer should consider revisiting the play in Lenox, though there’s not a celebrity in sight. Mr. Croy and company have ingeniously made this comedy of lost and found identities a vicarious voyage into the light…” Read the full review
And also, regarding John Douglas Thompson:
“Repertory is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? It allows an actor like Mr. Thompson the relief of moving from the in-the-moment passion of Othello to the recollected passion of Dreamer. And it allows theatergoers the treat of seeing an admirable performer confidently shift keys from blazing fury to quiet contemplation…” Read the full review
And did you see the fantastic New York Times article about Tina Packer earlier this month?
If you haven’t seen Othello yet, you have only three chances left before it closes Sunday afternoon. Ben Brantley of the New York Times said “A rare Olympian music — forceful, beautiful and inaudible to ordinary ears — seems to dictate the rhythms of John Douglas Thompson’s performance… From the moment he sets foot on the stage of the Founders’ Theater here, this truly commanding Venetian general is a figure of monumental poise but also of instinctive, exotic poetry.”
Othello is written by William Shakespeare and directed by Tony Simotes, featuring John Douglas Thompson and Michael Hammond, and with music by Scott Killian, costumes by Gail Brassard, sets by Yoshi Tanokura and lights by Les Dickert. Buy tickets now.
Ben Brantley of The New York Times raved about our production of Othello, writing
While it’s rare in the 15 years I’ve been coming here that I’ve left a Shakespearean production feeling dazzled, it’s equally rare that I’ve left without feeling the satisfaction and illumination that comes with hearing a familiar, interpretation-crusted story told so clearly that you see it with fresh eyes.
Click here to read the full review.
