Mary Stuart Question

There was an interview with the leading ladies in the playbill when I saw it that said the choice in costuming was to heighten the distinction between powerful men and women- "men in suits have run everything forever." The traditional dress further isolates the women and shows that even as queens they are still set apart from the men around them. Also, they said they had a shoestring budget and it was more financially viable to only have the women in period dress.

No problem. I definitely agree that the performances are so strong that everything else pretty much fades away. I honestly didn't even realize the different costuming until I read the interview at intermission.

They did.

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