What I liked
Sets and lights and choreography and musical choices and the PROPS! Each aspect so smart and effective and kind of under-the-radar. Really cool work all around.
Listening to the script is a fun puzzle because first you’re amazed at the iambic pentameter and then you recognize lines from the movie and somehow it’s all working together. (bonus for word nerds like me: you get to retrofit some of the Elizabethan jargon to the 1980s and often that gets a bonus laugh from the audience)
What I didn't like
There oughtta be more iambic pentameter adaptations of beloved cult classics!
My overall impression
Wow wow wow what a treat! You can tell every detail was given loving and cheeky attention.
The cast is great, shoutout to the actor who played Bender, because he was able to balance being a teenaged jerk and being charming the way I think we all thought only Judd Nelson could.
Truly, it’s no small thing to take on characters that are so indelibly linked to their originators and make them your own. Every actor brought it!
It’s as much an homage to John Hughes as it is to Shakespearean antics, and the cast and direction were deft with both.
Laughs and cheers from the audience throughout! Really fun time!
