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Little theatre of virginia beach tickets2/16/2024 Zack Kattwinkel has the thankless job of playing the arrogant Bard. Katelyn Jackson, the costume designer, dresses 33 cast members in credible Elizabethan garb - except, perhaps, for Shakespeare’s chrome codpiece (still, kind of cool). (Glad that’s over?)ĭirector Jeff Seneca, a Virginia Beach math teacher and drama club sponsor in regular life, puts his actors through the frenetic pacing necessary for a successful spoof. It’s Monty Pythonian nonsense, but eggs-cellent in its way. But the enthusiasm of the young actors blessedly gets us through it. Nostradamus “foresees” “Hamlet” but mishears the title as “Omelette,” leading to a superfluity of yoke jokes, a tap dance with whisks, plus an eggs-istential moment when humans don full-body eggshells. Nostradamus is to tell Nick the title of Shakespeare’s as-yet-unwritten greatest hit. In his zeal to find an idea for a play, Nick Bottom consults a soothsayer named Nostradamus (no, not the famous one - his brother Thomas, amusingly played by Robert Shirley). The last is not to be confused with “Something Rotten,” which also contains endless jokes about eggs. True! Pioneer Drama Service offers a parody, “Omelette: Chef of Denmark” (2006) by Charlie Lovett. Shakespeare parodies such as “Drop Dead, Juliet!,” “Football Romeo” and “Hamlet, Zombie Killer of Denmark” can be ordered for high school performances from. (This is according to the Folger Shakespeare Library, which never jests.) Even Mark Twain did Shakespeare parody - the riotous mash-up of “Hamlet” and “Macbeth” done by the con men in “Huckleberry Finn” (1884). Mind you, Shakespeare parodies have been around almost since the Bard was birthed, with the 19th century being particularly known for “burlesques” starring Frederick Robson, 1821-64. Yes, our play is set in the 1590s, though it premiered in 2015 and was written by - wait a significant minute - two other brothers: composer Wayne Kirkpatrick and lyricist Karey Kirkpatrick (screenwriter of “Chicken Run”), the latter of whom got help on the book by John O’Farrell, his non brother. Nick (charismatic Cody Hall, star of this show) claims to be a Shakespeare hater, though he privately confesses he’s just jealous Nigel (the gentler, winsome John Eidman), Nick’s writing partner and the real poet in the family, adores London’s current sensation Shakespeare. Here’s the setup: There were once two brothers - Nick Bottom (named for the character who makes an ass of himself in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”) and Nigel Bottom (he’s made up). Think Reduced Shakespeare Company meets the cast of “Forbidden Broadway.” Instead, we have an original Elizabethan-era plot that melds a dozen or so Shakespearean works (most often “Hamlet”) with a mash-up of 94 references from 54 American musicals. You know about modern musical adaptations of Shakespeare - e.g., “Taming of the Shrew” turned into “Kiss Me Kate,” “Romeo and Juliet” morphed into “West Side Story.” Forget them. M asks are no longer requred, but strongly recommended, to enter the theatre.Egg humor on the set of “Something Rotten.” Raisin in the Sun is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BOOK TICKETS! Hansberry's portrait of one family’s struggle to retain dignity in a harsh and changing world is a searing and timeless document of hope and inspiration. Walter Lee, a chauffeur, has other plans: buying a liquor store and being his own man. When her deceased husband’s insurance money comes through, Mama Lena dreams of moving to a new home and a better neighborhood in Chicago. Set on Chicago’s South Side, Lorraine Hansberry's celebrated play concerns the divergent dreams and conflicts in three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis, and matriarch Lena.
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