Here are the best quotes from the four reviews of Falstaff!
"campy, raucous, sleazy, self-mocking, groovy, tacky, immoderate, compatible with beer and ice cream...All of these adjectives were applicable in the best possible way..."
"Dongkyu Oh [revealed] Falstaff’s true nature -- not merely a clown but an unapologetic embodiment of social vice."
"...the real scene-stealer...was Desiree Maira as Mistress Quickly, sporting impressively evocative facial expressions..."
"Energy was abundant...Duke justly deserves the dual credits of director and choreographer. Cleverness of movement pervaded...from ostentatious disco to a simple turn of hand or head."
- Boston Music Intelligencer - Second cast opening review
Now then a different person from the same journal saw a completely different cast but said a lot of the same things:
"...fluid, well-timed"
"...Brooke Larimer as Mistress Quickly was the quintessential contralto-soubrette, Italian-American sexpot...the most convincing physical realization of character...
"solid and entertaining"
- Boston Music Intelligencer - Opening night review
"Delightful...spirited...funny"
- Boston Pheonix - review
"...like something Diane Paulus would do..."
"...some of the best 'Shakespearean' acting I've seen all year."
- The Hub Review - review
Bravi tutti!
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| The wicked wives of Windsor. Photo by J.J. Bates. |
