The all-female production of The Taming of the Shrew in Central Park, with Janet McTeer as the macho Petruchio and Cush Jumbo as the shrew he starves into obedience, seems to be working hard to make the play more palatable. Director Phyllida Lloyd starts by evoking a certain presidential candidate and former beauty pageant owner…
Surely, the director is once again attempting to use a Shakespeare play to prompt the audience to think about gender politics, but the result feels more like her Mamma Mia than her Julius Caesar – a pieced-together, awkwardly integrated entertainment that can be enjoyed as a whole, as long it’s not overly scrutinized.
Full review on DC Theatre Scene
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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW By William Shakespeare Directed by Phyllida Lloyd Movement Director Ann Yee Set and Costume Design by Mark Thompson Lighting Design by Robert Wierzel Sound Design by Mark Menard Hair and Wig Design by Leah J. Loukas Music Supervision and Original Music Composed by Sam Davis Fight Director Lisa Kopitsky Featuring Candy Buckley, Donna Lynne Champlin, Morgan Everitt, Rosa Gilmore, Judy Gold, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Cush Jumbo, Teresa Avia Lim, Janet Mcteer, Adrienne C. Moore, Anne L. Nathan, Gayle Rankin, Pearl Rhein, Leenya Rideout, Jackie Sanders, Stacey Sargeant, and Natalie Woolams-Torres
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW By William Shakespeare Directed by Phyllida Lloyd Movement Director Ann Yee Set and Costume Design by Mark Thompson Lighting Design by Robert Wierzel Sound Design by Mark Menard Hair and Wig Design by Leah J. Loukas Music Supervision and Original Music Composed by Sam Davis Fight Director Lisa Kopitsky Featuring Candy Buckley, Donna Lynne Champlin, Morgan Everitt, Rosa Gilmore, Judy Gold, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Cush Jumbo, Teresa Avia Lim, Janet Mcteer, Adrienne C. Moore, Anne L. Nathan, Gayle Rankin, Pearl Rhein, Leenya Rideout, Jackie Sanders, Stacey Sargeant, and Natalie Woolams-Torres
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW By William Shakespeare Directed by Phyllida Lloyd Movement Director Ann Yee Set and Costume Design by Mark Thompson Lighting Design by Robert Wierzel Sound Design by Mark Menard Hair and Wig Design by Leah J. Loukas Music Supervision and Original Music Composed by Sam Davis Fight Director Lisa Kopitsky Featuring Candy Buckley, Donna Lynne Champlin, Morgan Everitt, Rosa Gilmore, Judy Gold, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Cush Jumbo, Teresa Avia Lim, Janet Mcteer, Adrienne C. Moore, Anne L. Nathan, Gayle Rankin, Pearl Rhein, Leenya Rideout, Jackie Sanders, Stacey Sargeant, and Natalie Woolams-Torres
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW By William Shakespeare Directed by Phyllida Lloyd Movement Director Ann Yee Set and Costume Design by Mark Thompson Lighting Design by Robert Wierzel Sound Design by Mark Menard Hair and Wig Design by Leah J. Loukas Music Supervision and Original Music Composed by Sam Davis Fight Director Lisa Kopitsky Featuring Candy Buckley, Donna Lynne Champlin, Morgan Everitt, Rosa Gilmore, Judy Gold, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Cush Jumbo, Teresa Avia Lim, Janet Mcteer, Adrienne C. Moore, Anne L. Nathan, Gayle Rankin, Pearl Rhein, Leenya Rideout, Jackie Sanders, Stacey Sargeant, and Natalie Woolams-Torres
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW By William Shakespeare Directed by Phyllida Lloyd Movement Director Ann Yee Set and Costume Design by Mark Thompson Lighting Design by Robert Wierzel Sound Design by Mark Menard Hair and Wig Design by Leah J. Loukas Music Supervision and Original Music Composed by Sam Davis Fight Director Lisa Kopitsky Featuring Candy Buckley, Donna Lynne Champlin, Morgan Everitt, Rosa Gilmore, Judy Gold, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Cush Jumbo, Teresa Avia Lim, Janet Mcteer, Adrienne C. Moore, Anne L. Nathan, Gayle Rankin, Pearl Rhein, Leenya Rideout, Jackie Sanders, Stacey Sargeant, and Natalie Woolams-Torres
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW By William Shakespeare Directed by Phyllida Lloyd Movement Director Ann Yee Set and Costume Design by Mark Thompson Lighting Design by Robert Wierzel Sound Design by Mark Menard Hair and Wig Design by Leah J. Loukas Music Supervision and Original Music Composed by Sam Davis Fight Director Lisa Kopitsky Featuring Candy Buckley, Donna Lynne Champlin, Morgan Everitt, Rosa Gilmore, Judy Gold, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Cush Jumbo, Teresa Avia Lim, Janet Mcteer, Adrienne C. Moore, Anne L. Nathan, Gayle Rankin, Pearl Rhein, Leenya Rideout, Jackie Sanders, Stacey Sargeant, and Natalie Woolams-Torres
