Kudos to Prenzie Players
Risky Business
Written by Mike Schulz
Wednesday, 20 December 2006
By Mike Schulz
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Forsooth, Prenzies! Thy most joyful of seasons is nigh! Odds bodkins!
(Introductions like this are the reason I don't audition for you guys.)
"King Richard the Second" I'll just say it: King Richard the Second was the most extraordinarily fine time I had at the theatre in 2006. Stephanie Burrough gave a dexterous, achingly emotional performance (the best I saw by a female actor all year), the other cast members followed her lead splendidly, and the show itself was an almost absurdly engaging blend of tragedy, comedy, action, romance - everything we go to the theatre for. And, with that clock radio that awakened Richard and his lovers during the prelude, there were even songs!
Richard was so spellbinding that it's almost easy to forget it was your second masterful offering in 2006. But A Midsummer Night's Dream was sublimely passionate and even erotic, and filled with more laugh-out-loud moments than most of the year's other comedies.
In short, I'm so awed by your talents and interpretive skills that I'm in danger of becoming a sycophant, if I'm not one already. So just keep up the beyond-good work with 2007's continuation of The Henriad, and keep experimenting with the seating arrangement at the Masonic Temple, which I thought was sensational for Richard. As exquisite as your shows are, audiences shouldn't be put in the position of having to miss a thing.