The Winter's Tale
The Old Globe's staging has some arresting images, and some capable performances, but overall it's a relentless, heavy-handed take on one of the Bard's masterpieces. In a fit of rage, King Leontes destroys everything he holds dear. Sixteen years later, a mystical healing restores almost everything. Director Barry Edelstein resets the play to today. The choice reduces the King's sphere of influence, and Billy Campbell's uneven performance makes him a psychotic CEO. It doesn't help that a melodramatic piano's stabbing flurries give the piece a soap-operatic tone (and make many of Campbell's choices draw laughs). A majority of the cast pushes emotions full bore (and some, like Paul Kandel's grotesque Autolycus, push even harder) as if the way to play Shakespeare is to turn up the volume and ram an intricate, nuanced play home.
When
Ongoing until Sunday, March 16, 2014
Hours
| Sundays, 2pm & 7pm |
| Tuesdays, 7pm |
| Wednesdays, 7pm |
| Thursdays, 8pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 2pm & 8pm |