"This is one of those productions that make you feel lucky to be in New York. ... And if your nerves are as frayed as so many of ours are, you could do with the beautiful balm that is this show, working its magic beneath the summer sky as dusk turns to dark."
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"4/5 Stars! Streamlined to a single song-and-dance-filled act, Classical Theatre of Harlem's raucous mounting of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' features wonderfully broad performances that embrace the play’s humor and elucidate its poetry. For fans of romantic comedy, this free outdoor production at Marcus Garvey Park is a midsummer night's dream...It's racy and riotous—an unabashed crowd-pleaser that inspires snaps and squeals of approval throughout."
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"Whatever faults there are in Cofield's production, the brilliance and continuing relevance of Shakespeare's great comedy still shines through."
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It's a fully realized concept, adding a jolt of day-after-tomorrow flair to a production that knows where the laughs are in Shakespeare's tale of parted siblings, gender-bending disguises, and forged letters. Cofield, whose stagings of Macbeth, Antigone, and Seize the King (Will Power's updated take on Richard III) revealed his knack for starkly dramatic confrontations, here shows a taste for both sophisticated and broad comedy, aided by a nimble cast, many of whom ring changes on characters we know like old friends.
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