An Exploration of Gender Expression - Taming of the Shrew

Very entertaining and fun group of actors! They pick a few people out of the audience to participate, so be prepared to perform Shakespeare right out of your seat. A barrel of laughs! ... full review

Yes yes yes. Authentic Shakespeare theatre with a U Shape audience and cast performing in the aisles. Boys playing girls and girls playing boys - Shakespeare again. Adlib sarcasm and over the top characters. Audience integration ... This is it; this yes what is supposed to be. Just fantastic.... full review

The clothes make the man...right? Not in Queer Classics Padua they don't. In the world of the play, clothes are superfluous things that are donned, shed and traded with impunity. In this production clothing is simply a stand-in for the social construct of gender. When what we choose to cloak ourselves in is secondary to who we are, we are forced to reveal our character through our choices, our actions. Character as a quality is revealed through physical choices, vocal quality, and how and when the characters exercise their agency. It's a testament to the strong acting and direction that all the characters onstage were simply who they were by their actions. They could have done this production stark naked, or clad head to toe in bu... full review

Very entertaining show performed by a very talented cast. Good job!... full review

As involved as I am with QUEER CLASICS... All my friends that have attended watched, participated and laughed out loud! Such a unique SHREW!! BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO!! ... full review

I don't have enough good things to say about this show. It was so moving in all the best ways! I found myself captivated by the characters and concept, and just a puddle of a weeping mess but the end. Thank you for going there, Queer Classics!... full review

Such a brilliant show! A beautiful expression of gender identity and sexuality. The actors were all phenomenal and had great comedic timing. The director took great care adapting the script and not cutting into the original script too much. A great experience!... full review

Unexpectedly, by theater invite after my friend Miss Barbie-Q's show, I attend this performance on Friday, June 26. So I made a decision to attend another show where I was again surprised by joy. It would be 90 minutes wonderfully engaging performance of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew . I love the theater and especially loved adaptations of Shakespeare plays with new twists . This one was an amazing, gender-bending frolic . Each actor delivered a deliciously enthusiastic performance with aplomb where transgender performers played male or female roles. I especially enjoyed the role of an older man pursuing the more beautiful daughter, in her plaid pants and ass sticking out, whooping it up in the stars of the show Kate and her suitor ... full review

Disappointing! Shrew is all about gender, and what could have been a novel gender exploration instead muddies rather than illuminates the characters. Overwrought and over-the-top, it goes for circus shock that fails while ultimately trivializing gender expression. NOT the equal to last year's brilliant Queer Earnest. No insight found here. Also beware the back-breaking folding chairs in an ice-box cold room.... full review