Shakespeare Abridged

>> ON MONDAY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING A PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ABRIDGED A CULTURAL PARK THEATER. IT'S A HILARIOUS ROMP FOR ALL. 37 OF THE BARD'S PLAYS PERFORMED BY 3 ACTORS WITH NICK BEAR AND JAYNE SELF. IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF STODGY. IT'S SATURDAY AND THAT LIVE MEETS WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF IMPROV, AN AUDIENCE EXTENT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. TELL ME MORE. >> NEXT, BEST MACBETH. THE WIND KNOCKED OFF. >> FEW PEOPLE WOULD EQUATE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WITH BREVITY YET HIS FAMILY CHARACTER POLONIA IS PROCLAIMS. BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF WIT. BOTH BREVITY AND WETTER BUILT INTO THE FABRIC OF ADAM LONG. DANIEL SINGER. AND JUST WHEN FIELDS AFFECTIONATELY IRREVERENT SPOOF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, ABRIDGED. THE KEY WORD BEING ABRIDGED SAYS DIRECTOR MULLING THE PLAYWRIGHT TRAIL FOUND A WAY TO CONDENSE HIS ENTIRE BODY OF WORK TO A TWO-HOUR MAD DASH TO RUN OUT EARLY AT. >> JULIUS CAESAR, TRUST PRESIDENT. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. MACBETH. WE DID WITH THE SCOTS ACTIONS ON KING LEAR. WE DID IN THE SPORTS THING I TIMON OF ATHENS. I MENTIONED WITHOUT ANTHONY CLEOPATRA. >> THE I VOMIT ON THOSE PEOPLE. >> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. IT ON CORRELATE US. >> I DON'T I WANT TO DO THAT WHEN WE HAVE 3 FABULOUS ACTORS WHO ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING ALL 37 OF THOSE PLAYS IN A HILARIOUS HIGH WAY THAT YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THEY ARE GOING TO BE USING MANY DIFFERENT HOPS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING MANY DIFFERENT COSTUMES. AND AND IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT SHOW EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. THERE ARE SOME IMPROV ELEMENTS THAT ARE FUN AND OS. ALSO AUDIENCE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION THAT ISN'T REALLY A BLAST. >> THE MAGICIAN TURNS THE MONSTER TO A NEW THING BECOMES SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. >> ABRIDGED ACTOR MAX RUSSO WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREES YOUR CONDENSING THAT MANY YOU'RE DOING THE HIGHLIGHT REELS. SO THE REALLY FUN STUFF FIRST APART, PUT IT. I DO NOT DOUBT, BUT TO HEAR THEM SAY IT IS A SWEET COMEDY. >> IN US OR THAT COMEDY IS REALLY WHAT HITS THE SPOT WITH THESE SHOWS. WITH THAT WE'RE DOING AND SHOWING YOU AND ALMOST EVERY ELEMENT THAT THEY ARE DOING HAS SOME LEVEL OF COMEDY AND IT ESSENTIALLY SHAKESPEARE WAS A FORMULA WRITER. ONCE HE FOUND A DEVICE THAT WORKS. >> USE IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SOME MR. SHAKESPEARE, THE QUESTION WE HAVE IS THIS. >> WHILE YOU HAVE SEEN COMEDIES WHEN YOU PUT IT RIGHT AND JUST WON. >> THE COMEDY IS MODERNIZED. IT TIES INTO SHAKESPEARE, WHICH IS. >> YOU KNOW, 410 YEARS OLD NOW. SO. THAT'S PRETTY PRETTY FANTASTIC THAT YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS WRITTEN 410 YEARS AGO IS BRINGING THE MODERN MODERN SOCIETY AND IT'S STILL RELEVANT. IRONICALLY, THE EU MURDER BRIDGE DOESN'T COME FROM THE BART 16 COMEDY. WELL. >> NOTING THAT THERE IS FORMULAIC IS A HALLMARK FROM CANNES, LONG SINGER IN WINFIELD CONDENSE ALL 16 INTO A 5 MINUTE SKETCH IN WHICH SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. IT'S WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? THE EU MYRNA BRIDGE THAT HIGH NOTES IN SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORIES AND TRAGEDIES LIKE TITUS ANDRONICUS, WHICH IS REIMAGINED AS A TAR COOKING SHOW IN WHICH RUSSO CHANNELS HIS INNER JULIA CHILD. >> AUGUSTA POWDER, SMALL HANDFUL OF HER TEMPER. IT. I WILL BET YOUR HEAD ABOUT 350 DEGREES FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES. WITH SERVING SUGGESTIONS LADY FINGERS FOR DESERT MAKING FUN OF THE FACT THAT I'M DRESSED LIKE A WOMAN WRITES, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE SERIOUS. IT'S IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FUN. BUT THE HIGH PITCH OF THE VOICE TAKES IT KIND OF DIFFICULT TO. BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S SHAKESPEAREAN TEXT. >> THAT HAS SAID THE PLANES FULL OF OVER THE TOP SCENES AND PSYCH ACTS SUCH AS NICK BEAR. AND JANE SETH PERFORMING THE BALCONY SCENE FROM ROMEO AND JULIET ON A STEPLADDER IS ABOUT. >> WAS THE DOCTOR. ALL RIGHT. LET'S OFF WHAT LIKE THEIR YOUNGER WINDOW BREAKS? WELL. >> ROMEO, ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART, THOU ARE. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? TONIGHT? MY FATHER REFUSED BY NAME. OR THAT MAY BE BUT SWARM. I LOVE THAT ON A LONGER BE A CAPULET. WHAT'S IN A NAME ANYWAY? THAT WHICH WE CALL A NOSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD STILL SMELL. ROMEO, ROMEO, WHO NEEDS ROMEO SOFT. I NAME FOR IT IS NO PART OF ME. TAKE ALL MYSELF >> AND I THINK THAT THEY WOULD CALL ME BUT LOVE. >> OR MACBETH REWORKED AS THE 3 PART HARMONY. SCOTTISH TRAP NUMBER EVERY 2 DAYS ANYONE OFF TO THE NORTH AND THE 3RD ON THE PHONE HE GOT CAUGHT. >> DIDN'T WRITE A LETTER AND DIDN'T ADD UP ALL THAT. BUT MORE THAT KEEPS THE COMEDY A FOOT IN A BRIDGE LESS ROOM BETWEEN THE SHOWS LIKE A MISHAPS WITH LAKE IMPROPER STAGE CUES OR LIKE A MISSING PROPS OR COMING OUT IN A WEIRD WAY OR STRAMPEL LINE ARE. THAT SORT OF THING FOR ALL THE HIGH JINKS PRANKS AND MARY MAKING A BRIDGE. HE'S STILL IN ESSENCE, A LOVING ODE TO THE GREATEST STORYTELLER IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. >> YOU'LL DEFINITELY WILL LEAVE WITH A GOOD FEELING ABOUT SHAKESPEARE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SHAKESPEARE. >> AND ROMEO AND JULIET. FOR >> WGCU NEWS, I’M TOM HALL THANK YOU.