Denzel in Julius Caesar
Denzel in Julius Caesar
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#1Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/23/08 at 9:09amWhat did y'all think?
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#2re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/23/08 at 9:52amThe production suffered from a lack of consistency in approach to Shakespeare. Denzel kept it very low key and modern but he flattened a lot of the heightened language. It was worth seeing - any Shakespeare is - but not particularly engaging.
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#2re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/26/08 at 1:24pmBump
#3re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/26/08 at 1:54pmI saw the production. In my opinion it was less than stellar. I was sitting in mid-orchestra and had a hard time making out a lot of what Denzel said; as it was so quiet. His performance was very flat, but the rest of the cast was amazing- particularly Colm Feore (Don't know if that's spelled right).
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#4re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/26/08 at 1:58pmYeah, I think it's spelled that way.
#5re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/26/08 at 2:25pmI felt that the production was engaging, but ultimately a misfire. Washington was fine.
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#6re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/26/08 at 5:27pmI will second the rave for Colm Feore. His was the single performance that seemed to capture what was supposed to be going on.
MungoGypsy8232
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/07
#7re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/26/08 at 5:41pmI'm a huge fan of Tamara Tunie. How was she as Calpurnia?
#8re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/26/08 at 5:45pmTo be honest, it was so long ago that I don't even remember he being in it.
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#9re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/26/08 at 8:02pm
I didn't see it but I saw clips and one of them was in fact Tamara as Calpurnia.
Ew. That's all I can say. Turned me off.
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#10re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/26/08 at 8:07pmMy recollection is that none of the women was particularly effective.
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#11re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/27/08 at 12:00pmAll I remember was Denzel being very easy on the eyes. After all, he was the only reason I went to see it lol
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ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#12re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/27/08 at 12:06pmI thought everything about it sucked except Colm Feore.
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#13re: Denzel in Julius Caesar
Posted: 5/27/08 at 12:22pmI'll agree about Colm Feore. Not a great or good production. Washington made sure we could all see that he ACTING but wasn't ultimately particularly interesting. The actor playing Marc Antony, who is very very good on OZ, was having what sounded like very bad vocal problems, he was hard to listen to.
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