50 SHADES OF SHAKESPEARE

ensemble theatre · la new court theatre · Ages 21+ · United States of America

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Review by ERNEST KEARNEY

June 20, 2016 the tvolution

What I liked

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 the works of Shakespeare.
Vona as a hairy armed Juliet against Nienaltowski’s leather clad Romeo is great fun. And Vona and James as the young hot and panting lovers from The Tempest are side splitting funny. What is most interesting about this production are the insights they bring forth in their gender flouting renditions.
A well deserved: GOLD

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What I didn't like

THE PRICE OF THE DRINKS

My overall impression

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 the works of Shakespeare.
Vona as a hairy armed Juliet against Nienaltowski’s leather clad Romeo is great fun. And Vona and James as the young hot and panting lovers from The Tempest are side splitting funny. What is most interesting about this production are the insights they bring forth in their gender flouting renditions.
A well deserved: GOLD

FOR MORE REVIEWS OF FRINGE SHOWS GO TO THE TVOLUTION.COM

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