Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
#1Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 9/29/13 at 11:05pmI'm curious about their production and how it stacks up to its Broadway counterpart. The cast is pretty solid, but I'm not familiar with the director at all. Any reports?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#2Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 9/30/13 at 6:09amIt began over the weekend, yes.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#3Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 9/30/13 at 10:29amWhere's Whizzer been with all these first previews going by?
#4Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 9/30/13 at 11:32am
Yes, Whizzer, now is not the time to slack off! 
#5Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/1/13 at 9:17am
Ha, well I'm not trying to slack! I did have tickets to the original first preview on Friday night. That preview was canceled and now I have to find a new spot to fit this into my schedule. 
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RippedMan
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#6Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/1/13 at 11:47amBoo. It was on TDF. I almost got a ticket, but the idea of sitting through more Shakespeare is less exciting at the moment.
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#8Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/4/13 at 12:13amI was more excited for this back when Finn Wittrock and William Hurt were supposed to be in it, but I bet it's way better than the Broadway one! Hasn't anybody checked it out yet?
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#10Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/7/13 at 6:35pmyea... So I have never seen a Shakespeare Play live before. I knew what R and J is about but that was my extent on the material before I saw the show. I must say it seemed very gripping. The acting was good. David Garrison i felt commanded the stage the most. Ms. Vega was an interesting Nurse because they used some spanish in the play. The masquerade or dance scene was hilarious. Everything was modernized except the actual dialogue which stayed to to the Cameth and Where Art Thouth mouth gouth and so fouth. Elizabeth Olsen didn't amaze me, T R Night was okay. I have nothing to compare it to sooo.. But for anyone who cared about stage dooring, everyone was nice. There was some papparazi waiting for Olsen and when she emerged she seemed quite uncomfortable with a lot of the attention. Somebody was walking by and told her "you must be a celebrity or something" and she just said "no I was just in the play"
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#11Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/7/13 at 7:43pm
I really enjoyed the performance. The acting was great, and I loved the intimacy of the theater. I have never been to the CSC so it was a nice surprise.
#12Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/7/13 at 7:48pmWhat is the physical production like?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
dreaming
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#13Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/8/13 at 9:27amHas anyone had any luck with the rush an hour before curtain? I was just wondering.
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#14Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/8/13 at 10:15am
I saw it Friday evening and thought it was quite excellent. Both leads are a breath of the freshest, freshest air, and, though the party scene (particularly Romeo's "costume") do come off as a bit hokey, I was into it. Daphne Rubin-Vega is doing very exciting work as the Nurse- a completely new take ala Sofia Vergara. The costumes are very modern and SO chic (I would happily take the entire male wardrobe and put it in my closet). The later scenes in act 2 in the Capulet house are WILDLY intense-- I've never felt more rage toward Juliet's mother and father. So well staged and well performed.
Really enjoyed it. Highly recommended.
#15Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/10/13 at 10:19am
I finally saw this last night and found much to recommend; if you are debating between this production and the Broadway effort, there isn't even a question that this is the one to see.
The strength of the CSC version is in the acting. After loving Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene, I was glad to see her shine just as brightly on stage. She's vibrant, funny and moving in the later scenes. She's a natural beauty and ideally cast here.
I love seeing Daniel Davis in any play, and his Friar Lawrence is wonderful. I can totally see these teenagers running to him for comfort and guidance.
Daphne Rubin-Vega is doing Sofia Vergara, but I liked it and laughed a lot. The Spanish enhanced the character rather than distracted. She played nicely with Olsen.
McKinley Belcher III was an AWESOME Benvolio. I've never seen him act before, but I'm definitely a fan. Tons of presence, a natural reading of the text and remarkable ability to turn a minor character into a well-rounded being.
I'm ambivalent about Julian Cihi's Romeo. He has an interesting hipster look that worked for this production. Sometimes his hand movements were distracting.
The physical production sadly was terrible. There was nothing there. Just a wooden floor and some chairs. CSC usually produces better than this. It's a testament to the acting that I enjoyed it so much with nothing to look at all evening.
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#16Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/10/13 at 10:22amWhat time does a 7pm performance get out? I do not see this listed on their web site.
#17Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/10/13 at 10:55amI think we were out around 9:45 last night. The 2hrs and 45 min flew by though.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
#18Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/10/13 at 11:24amThanks for the comments! I'm seeing it Saturday night.
#19Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/10/13 at 11:31amSo am I Mac.......matinee.....and you?
#20Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/10/13 at 12:01pmNo, Pammy, I'll be at the evening show.
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#21Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/10/13 at 2:24pmAfter reading all the comments here, I guess this one should've been on Broadway instead.
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#22Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/10/13 at 2:25pmAfter reading all the comments here, I guess this one should've been on Broadway instead.
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#23Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/10/13 at 7:27pmMuch of the production's charm is in its intimacy- so I wouldn't necessarily say this one/that one belongs on Broadway more.
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#24Anyone seen CSC's Romeo and Juliet?
Posted: 10/10/13 at 11:24pmI saw this tonight and much preferred it to the Broadway production, which I saw last month. I actually didn't mind CSC's sparse set after being annoyed with unnecessary set pieces in the current Broadway version. All the actors were superb, especially Elizabeth Olsen. Romeo and Juliet seemed so youthful and impassioned. I agree that this works best in an intimate space like CSC.
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