My overall impression
Love LOve LOVED IT!!!
Twas a breath of fresh Shakepearean air. YAY!
Let me start out by saying that I am very picky w/my Shakespeare. And Romeo & Juliet has NEVER been one of my favorites. The young lovers always come across so whiney - but NOT here! THANK YOU!- tis very hard to find a quality production of Shakespeare in this town. Usually either the actors don’t understand what they are saying OR the director who cut it down doesn’t understand it & cuts pieces of the story that are necessary. Fortunately, THIS production does NONE of those things!
Performing the Bard since I was 6 & diving into his works as soon as I was old enough to read
The gender reversal made sooooo many things resonate sooo much more! And the connection between Romea & Julian is easily the best I have EVER seen done for these star-crossed lovers! I was with them on their journey from the moment their eyes locked the 1st time.
LOVED the direction & artistic choices THROUGHOUT this show, both on stage & off. Loved the Nurse & the Apothecary, as well. Would have liked to see maybe even 15 more minutes so we could have a touch more Tybalt, but even still, twas truly Inspired.
