The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 17.0961 Tuesday, 31 October 2006
From: Mike Minnicino <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 30 Oct 2006 14:28:50 -0500
Subject: Boys from Syracuse
The announcement of your class reminded me that I have not yet seen
notice on the list that Boys from Syracuse (which I consider the most
delightfully shameless play adaptation) will be opening Dec. 13 at
Center Stage in Baltimore. People in Washington-Balto area: The
director of that production says: "I love the shameless showbiz aspect,
the tomfoolery, almost vaudevillian tomfoolery of the comic structure of
this kind of show. It's derived from Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, but
really derived from Borscht Belt shtick that is then filtered through
the somewhat elegant construct of a musical entertainment from another
era-in this case the '30s, when American elegance and quick-wittedness
were at their height. So to my mind, the attraction is the meeting of
the stylishness of Deco with the fun of the Burlesque Hall. Plus the
fabulous music-very much of its time, but transcending to all time
because it's just so melodic and infectious...."
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