Amadeus
Theater season has started again!
Our first tickets of the year were at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater to see Amadeus. As usual, the theater and its ensemble did not disappoint!
The tale of Salieri's ambition, jealousy, and self-centered obsession with the destruction of Mozart was well-told. The actor playing Salieri was magnificent both in his obsessive rantings as an elder Salieri, and his duplicitous dealings as a contemporary of Mozart. And the actor playing Mozart made him a sympathetic character - not easy to do while also conveying the composer's over-the-top personality flaws.
All in all, an enjoyable evening. We're looking forward to the remaining plays in this season (Twelfth Night and Macbeth) - both scheduled for 2009.
Our first tickets of the year were at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater to see Amadeus. As usual, the theater and its ensemble did not disappoint!
The tale of Salieri's ambition, jealousy, and self-centered obsession with the destruction of Mozart was well-told. The actor playing Salieri was magnificent both in his obsessive rantings as an elder Salieri, and his duplicitous dealings as a contemporary of Mozart. And the actor playing Mozart made him a sympathetic character - not easy to do while also conveying the composer's over-the-top personality flaws.
All in all, an enjoyable evening. We're looking forward to the remaining plays in this season (Twelfth Night and Macbeth) - both scheduled for 2009.
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