Some upcoming productions I wasn't able to get to:
The 24-Hour Plays at Theatre Vertigo
Night of 100 Stars 2006 from Live On Stage
Buzzard & Chicken Hawk at Brooklyn Bay
Anne of Green Gables at Magenta
Pretenders in Paradise at New Century Players
Hamlet at Northwest Classical Theatre Co.
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Sorry you won't be able to make the 24 Hour Plays, followspot. Just posting to remind folks that we are performing at a smaller venue this year (Theater! Theatre! Arena Stage) and seating is limited! Buy a ticket online at www.theatrevertigo.org or call
(503)306-0870 and make your reservations now.
yours -
Julie Starbird, Theatre Vertigo
And did you know that it is NOT 24 hours long? I was hesitant to participate until I found out the actual evening is only 2 hours or so.
One more for the list: It seems unlikely I will be able to get out to see Northwest Classical Theater Company's production of Hamlet. So if anyone wants to offer comments, feel free to do so here.
Speaking of so much going on, get your tickets now for the next ANONYMOUS THEATRE event: Moliere's The Learned Ladies.
Auditions were held, the play was cast… but the casting was kept secret. Even from the actors. On the night of the show, the actors arrive at the performance dressed in street clothes. They get a ticket and program and take their seats. The play begins. The actors make their entrances from the audience, standing up and delivering their first lines en route to the stage, where they meet the rest of the cast for the first time.
I might be in it. You might be in it. There’s only one way to find out.
Monday, June 5 at 8:00 pm
Tickets: $20
Box Office: 503-306-0870
at the Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center
1819 NW Everett Street
Hollywood refugee Fred Walton has invigorated NW Classical with his directorial ideas. This "Hamlet" has been ruthlessly slashed to less than 2-1/2 hours WITH two intermissions (no onstage delivery of "To be or not to be," for example), so I imagine running time of the play itself comes in under two hours.
Shanafelt is a solid lead, fully in control and not the least bit crazy. Other highlights are Turner's Claudius and Phil Rudolph's grimy, hammy gravedigger. Odd progression from modern dress -- TV-production opening, Gertrude with laptop, Claudius hovering over a liquor cart and practicing his golf swing -- to traditional by climax.
Nice touches: three figures to play the father's ghost, appearing and reappearing around the space, Gertrude suspicious of the poisoned cup and drinking it knowingly, a despairing Claudius offering himself to Hamlet's sword instead of getting nailed like a trapped rat. Uneven, but has its moments.
Anyone see Anonymous Theatre show? How was it?
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