Criticalrant Aloud discussion of the October 19 screening of The National Theatre Live at the Barbican HAMLET, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, by North Texas arts writer/O’Neill and Annenberg critic fellow Alexandra Bonifield with North Texas regional actor and Bard Buff R. Andrew Aguilar: “Shakespeare’s language is the closest thing we have to the verbal language of … Continue reading
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Fun House Theatre’s HAMLET: An Unquestionable Triumph
That infamous Dane may dilly-dally around in Shakespeare’s play, but there’s nothing indecisive about Fun House Theatre’s production of “Hamlet”, nor with the production’s 15 year old lead Chris Rodenbaugh, plotting and fretting on barely contained “simmer”, waiting for the perfect moment to exact revenge yet unable to move from contemplation to consummation. Respectful and … Continue reading
A Fine, Fresh Approach: “Hamlet” at Fun House Theatre
William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” as youth theatre? Not a concept one might ordinarily envision. The prospect of young thespians undertaking and understanding so complex and “adult” a play, much less memorizing all those lines in Elizabethan English, boggles the mind. Step back a moment and consider Jeff Swearingen’s Fun House Theatre and Film in Plano. If … Continue reading
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