CRITIC’S PICK: “With a color palette that pops, and choreography that does, too, this is a visually and aurally enticing production.”
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"4/5 Stars! This premiere of 'Malvolio' is consistently appealing as well as eye-popping...Like its protagonist, the production is still finding itself. Several parts and players are uproarious...while some other shtick does not yet land. But Shamieh is not just out for laughs. Toward the end, as the characters confront each other and long-held secrets and longings are revealed, you may even find yourself a little verklempt. Would that we all could have a second act as fulfilling as 'Malvolio's."
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“For the most part, Shamieh doesn’t really try to emulate Shakespeare’s rhythms and wordplay, opting instead to have her characters speak in a contemporary style that comes off as distractingly arch when it isn’t embarrassingly prosaic about its themes. Her heavy-handed comic touch hardly helps.”
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“Under codirectors Belknap and Jones, ‘Malvolio’ is a modern-day parable that gives Olivia’s steward a second chance at life...this sequel to Shakespeare’s play will serve as a kind of emollient to the soul.”
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