Instead, I'll be supplying a play review. Last night, I went to see
Romeo and Juliet,starring Peter Mark Kendall and Leah Anderson, which was put on by some wonderful
Brown University students. I loved it. The first half was very funny, with incredibly comic relief provided by Mercutio(played by Grant Chapman), who, by the way, was only wearing a pair of striped pants and red suspenders. He kept giving my sister the "eye"...my guess was that he was supposed to flirt with the women in the audience. It was really funny. Featuring an excellent dance to Whitney Houston's
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody" after Juliet agrees to marry Romeo, and did I mention the setting? I have come up with the term
Ghetto Shakespeare, which sounds like it shouldn't happen. Ever. But this went very well. In fact, it was so laugh-out-loud funny that I had to constantly remind myself that most of them were going to die at the end!
Enter the second half. Mercutio is dead, and everything seems a little somber. Everyone has taken their turn to cry and yet there is still that lingering hope that the two lovers will somehow make it out okay. Yeah...no. The death scene was very convincing, despite the fact that when the blood got on Juliet's dress, it looked kind of like fruit punch and not blood. But that's okay! 'Cause I loved it anyway. I personally think the best part was when they did the bows...still C-O-V-E-R-E-D in blood!
Overall, the play was fantastic. I would recommend that you all see it...except that was kinda the last night it was playing. Hehe...sorry!
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