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Overall, the careful directorial and set decisions made to establish the mood of the production—from the venue to the stage setup—are crucial to its overall success. The performances of the most important actors are respectable and amazing as they strive to capture the audience’s attention and engage them in the violent and painful story that they tell. Sympathy, laughter, tears: “Titus Andronicus” evokes all levels of emotion in the dungeon-like basement of the Garage...
...violence of the plot is not lost on the Actors’ Shakespeare Project show, which is produced by Sara Stackhouse and runs through April 22. Screams, darkness, ropes, rocks, and a round, ground-level stage greet the audience throughout the play—and that is the set. The simplicity of the stage (designed by Gammons) serves to enhance the symbolism of the few props that the actors have, and the production makes full use of the versatility that is possible with such a stage design. For example, strategically placed ropes represent forced violence between characters. Simple rocks...
...exaggeration about a performer whose forte was unwarranted exaggeration. She came out of the big band era but thrashed about like a rock star. What Elvis Presley did with his hips, Hutton did with her entire body. She didn't stand behind the mike; she ran amok across the stage, once torpedoing off it and landing on the drummer in the orchestra pit. (Rim shot.) Life with Hutton was just as perilous in Hollywood. She cracked three ribs getting tossed about by acrobats in the movie Incendiary Blonde. Her exuberance often injured her co-stars; she knocked out one actor...
...best for us. "My private life has been hell, really hell," Hutton told Osborne. "But my professional life was wonderful, because the audiences understood I was working for them with all my heart. ... I just love 'em, Bob, and the only way I could show 'em is from a stage, I guess...
...Hutton was 79 at this time, and she knew she was nearly spent. But she had that incorrigibly chipper spirit she'd broadcast so fortissimo in her films. "Finally you're gonna die from something. I'll die from stage fright, but it won't be anything else...