I spent the day yesterday with my favorite professor and my fellow classmates (past and present classes) in Ann Arbor seeing two Shakespeare plays. It was amazing!
The plays we saw were Twelfth Night and The Taming of the Shrew. We had a break in-between the plays so we went to dinner and did a little shopping. Vintage clothes shopping in AA with my classmates and prof, fun fun!
But of course the plays were the best of all. They were done by a traveling theater company from England–Propeller Theatre Troupe– an all male company. OMG! The plays were hilarious but it was all agreed that Twelfth Night was by far the best. The music in the play was beautiful and added so much. The actors were great–full of energy and hilarious. I wasn’t sure how I would feel about the men playing the women’s roles (traditional to Shakespeare’s time) but it added a level of complexity to the plays that made me think on what Shakespeare may have been trying to achieve with his plays and through performance.
And then there was the nudity! Ha! No less then 3 asses were shown on stage last night. Bare chests were also shown and let me tell you most of the players were quite cute, even the ones dressed in drag.
Damn, I wish I could have a DVD of the performances last night. I don’t even have words to describe just how magical it all was but I know I want to see it again.
http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/review-propeller-twelfth-night-at-power-center/
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