A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Opened Dec 7, 2003
Closed Dec 20, 2003
Opened Dec 7, 2003
Closed Dec 20, 2003
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The WorkShop Theatre Company presents an offbeat new production of Shakespeare's classic comedy, set in contemporary New York City at Christmas time. Oberon, Santa for the enormous Athens' Department Store, happens to be the real guy, with a full coterie of elves and fairiues from his workshop up north who bring Kringleland to life after hours. He's having marital squabbles with Mrs. Titania Claus over an adopted homeless child from India. She's a super shopper, bored with his holiday schedule, and wants to be taken dancing more often - especially to the upcoming wedding celebration of Athens' CEO R.H. Theseus and world-famous designer Henrietta Hippolyta. Caught in their crossfire are Nick Bottom, a weaver selling his afghans on consignment who is also the leading player in a band of amateur thespians hoping to get a substantial Christmas bonus from their boss for performing at his wedding. Add to this a quartet of young and beautiful lovers demonstrating too well that "the course of true love never did run smooth."
There is an additional performance on Sunday, December 14th at 3:00 PM, followed by a talkback with members of the cast and creative team.
There is an additional performance on Monday, December 15th at 8:00 PM.
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In looking at Edward Hall's just about perfect all-male toying with William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, you see the value of genes. Edward Hall's father is Sir Peter Hall, and the younger man's go at the Bard's comedy is a beautiful instance of "like father, like son" in more ways than one. If you like Peter Hall's work, you're gonna like Edward Hall's enormously, swooningly. So much so that, during at least one scene, you'll find that you can hardly wait to applaud and then, when it finishes, you will lustily do so -- as if this is standard practice at a Shakespeare play.
The younger Hall explains how he mastered the directing art whenever he discusses his dad, which he has b[...]