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...hole in the earth where the Actors’ Shakespeare Project performs the Shakespeare classic “Titus Andronicus”—otherwise known as the basement of the Garage—is as important to the overall mood of the play as the set on which the actors perform. The choice of venue exemplifies director David R. Gammons’ stripped-down aesthetic, a simplicity that works with the brutal scenes of the Bard’s script and the vicious passion of the all-male cast to create an image sure to leave a lasting...
...Titus Andronicus,” one of Shakespeare’s earlier plays, depicts the mental and emotional breakdown of Titus, a Roman war hero whose stubborn adherence to Roman tradition sparks numerous acts of merciless cruelty and revenge against his family to the point of their complete destruction...
...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...
With all male actors, two of whom play difficult female roles that involve sex and rape, the level of professionalism and effectiveness of the acting is most memorable. As Titus, Robert Walsh does an incredible job of portraying the physical and emotional collapse that his character experiences as his family gradually falls apart throughout the play. With a character that could easily be played over the top, Walsh allows the tragedy of the story to convey his internal destruction...
...seems to have gone movie-mad this season. Movie-director mad, anyway. Zeffirelli, the opera and film visionary, has four productions on the season's schedule: La Boheme, Tosca, La Traviata and Turandot. Julie Taymor ? best known for her Lion King on Broadway but also director of the films Titus, Frida and the forthcoming Beatles pastiche Across the Universe ? has condensed her zazzy Zauberflote, which premiered at the Met in 2004, into a 100min., kid-friendly Magic Flute. And Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, Cold Mountain, the current Breaking and Entering) did a rapturously received Madama Butterfly this fall. Gelb...