Titus Andronicus
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 29, 2011
Closed Dec 18, 2011
Opened Nov 29, 2011
Closed Dec 18, 2011
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Titus is Rome's greatest general and the head of a noble Roman family. When his armies vanquish the Goths, their defeated queen unleashes a fury that rocks Titus's city, devastates his children, and shatters his sense of self. The cycle of revenge is shocking, bloody, and all-encompassing, but expressed through poetry and theatricality as vivid, energized, and thrilling as anything in Shakespeare's later works.
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Director Michael Sexton puts a cloyingly pretentious spin on Shakespeare's early -- and gory -- Roman tragedy Titus Andronicus, now at the Public Theater.
The production's problems are compounded by confusing double-casting that could leave anyone unfamiliar with this rarely staged play scratching their heads. Moreover, while Sexton has at his disposal a fine company, led by the commanding Jay O. Sanders in the title role, his staging proves wearying well before it has run its bloody course.
In the opening moments, Titus (Sanders) returns to Rome from battle, with Tamara, Queen of the Goths (Stephanie Roth Haberle), and her sons Demetrius (William Jackson Harper) and Chiron (Patrick Carr[...]