Shakespeare's "King Phycus"

comedy · flynnsmen · Ages 18+ · United States

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Review by ALEX KNOX

June 17, 2013 certified reviewer

My overall impression

The Flynnsmen present a spirited, galloping romp through Tom Willmorth’s good-natured send-up of Shakespeare’s canon, with all the zeal and unbridled delight of kindergarten class let loose in a candy shop. Highlights include Belene Green’s ball-crushing dominatrix MacBetty, Drew Doyle’s sardonically professorial Chorus, Buck Zachary’s endearingly Uncle Fester-like Gloucester, Patrick Wenk-Wolff’s snarling, hapless Phycus, Abby Wilde’s lisping soothsayer and vivacious Juliet, and Jason Thomas’ manic, tortured Prince of Denmark. John Apicella’s crisp direction and Deirdre Murphy’s razor-sharp stage managing keep the show rolling along, with pauses taken only for the sudden bursts of laughter and applause emitting from the happy theatergoers.

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