50 SHADES OF SHAKESPEARE

I stumbled into 50 Shades Of Shakespeare not knowing at all what I was in for. I expected a sexy send up of Shakespeare's material, or maybe inspired, I don't know. The format of this show: Four extremely talented actors (2 female, 2 male) play various roles decided by the audience as they perform excerpts from selected canons. Really, what works about 50 SoS, are the performances. I'm not a huge Shakespeare guy, so usually I avoid anything to do with the source material, but what I did find in this show.. I haven't found anywhere else. A moment where I was no longer paying attention to the gender, and instead focused on just the material. I think the Bard would certainly approve. I would liked to have seen a twist or two somew... full review

Everyone involved with this show has done an amazing job bringing the words of Shakespeare to life! Tha is theater at its best!... full review

50 SHADES OF SHAKESPEARE What was most surprising to me I admit was finding the combination here of great acting, great fun and great Shakespeare. You walk into the Three Clubs Venue to find a board listing the scenes from the Bard’s plays that will be performed: Virginity I & II & II Romeo & Juliet (duh.) Training Petruchio & Katherine (duh!) Coercion Isabella and Angelo (duh again!) Clusterf**k Hermia Helena Lysander (huh?) Future Instant Juliet Lady Macbeth (Okay, now you’ve got my interest) Got my interest and kept my interest. Noah James, Jordan Mann, Kelly Nienaltowski, and Eddie Vona invites the audience to draw the names of the performers for the 11 scenes of passion, love and outright lust they’ve selected from... full review

Loved loved loved it. Hoping I get a chance to come back and bring friends. Excellent Fringing!!... full review

A great time, a great cast, a whirlwind 45 minutes. Go see! ... full review

The show was amazing. Definitely see it! Shoutout to Eddie, Jordan, Noah and Kelly! ... full review

Brilliantly conceived, well-acted, and a lot of fun. Four facile actors take you on a tour of relationships in a set of short Shakespeare scenes. The catch? The audience draws their names from envelopes to see who is playing which roles each show! Come for the likely rom-com gender swaps, stay for the exceptional text work and creativity. Also, there's a bar. Get thee to the funnery! ... full review

Amazing!... full review

Such a fun great show to see. I would highly recommend this to everyone specially those who aren't well read in Shakespeares work or are learning; this will give you a fun exciting way in. I wish this came to my school when i was a kid it would have made English class more exciting. To watch theses amazingly talented actors work and give it there all was sublime. They took everyone of the audience members on the roller coast ride. They enjoyed it as much as we did. The 45 minutes flew by because we were spellbound. I would highly recommend seeing this over and over again..... full review

I loved it! I am definitely a Shakespeare fan and a fan of sexy scenes. The venue was a perfect choice, it felt intimate and increased the intensity of some of the more dangerous scenes. I would definitely go see it again!!!! Great Fringe experience!... full review