Robert Cuccioli

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Posted: 10/27/05 at 4:41pm

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NJ Star Ledger:

At Shakespeare Theatre, 'Julius Caesar' like it ought be
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
BY PETER FILICHIA
Star-Ledger Staff
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is showing how powerful "Julius Caesar" can be, even when Denzel Washington isn't in the cast.

Though Broadway got a woeful revival of the classic tragedy last spring, Madison is offering a riveting production, courtesy of director Brian B. Crowe.

From the play's first moments, as two of Caesar's henchmen endeavor to quiet the crowd, Crowe makes a case for the conspirators. Traditionally, these tribunes are portrayed as annoyed lawmen who disperse the masses in a business-as-usual fashion.


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Variety.com
By ROBERT L. DANIELS

Spare and incisive staging dominates Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey's rattling good production of "Julius Caesar," mounted by director Brian B. Crowe with an admirably clear and accessible flourish. Shakespeare's bloody account of Roman historical intrigue swells with an unnerving sweep, as the production offers a keenly well-balanced cast and a far more visually palatable treatment than that of the recent Broadway rendering.
Robert Cuccioli's honorable Brutus is played as a man of considerable principle and lofty expectations. The numbing chill of his studied intellectual approach makes for a compelling study. He never raises his voice until a final disagreement with fellow conspirator Cassius (Richard Topol), only then providing a glimpse of the regret and guilt he clearly harbors.

Updated On: 10/27/05 at 04:41 PM