O!M!G! *Theater flail of joy*
Jun. 30th, 2010 07:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neadodsI haven't even made my annual pilgrimage to Stratford Ont, and already this season has been left in the dust by the announcement of next season.
Richard III, directed by Miles Potter, will be presented at the Tom Patterson Theatre. Seana McKenna, who has played almost every leading lady written by Shakespeare, will now turn her talents to one of the greatest male roles in the canon.
SEANA FREAKIN' MCKENNA IS PLAYING RICHARD III!
I first saw her about a decade ago; I'd crossed national borders for the first time (it's not like we don't have Shakespeare in America!) to see Scott Wentworth in Medea. I was such a fangirl of his from Kung Fu - The Legend Continues that I was willing to finally schelp up to see him.
She was Medea and about 10 minutes in my attitude went from "Scott! Squee!" to "Shut up, Scott, Seana's onstage!"
And now she's playing not just my favorite tragic hero, but about the only tragic hero in Shakespeare who I don't think needs to be hit with a brick.
ETA: Why did they put this in the Patterson, though? Tickets will sell out in seconds. Dang, I may have to become a member again, and I don't want to buy tickets the same month I'm paying for ChicagoTARDIS.
Richard III, directed by Miles Potter, will be presented at the Tom Patterson Theatre. Seana McKenna, who has played almost every leading lady written by Shakespeare, will now turn her talents to one of the greatest male roles in the canon.
SEANA FREAKIN' MCKENNA IS PLAYING RICHARD III!
I first saw her about a decade ago; I'd crossed national borders for the first time (it's not like we don't have Shakespeare in America!) to see Scott Wentworth in Medea. I was such a fangirl of his from Kung Fu - The Legend Continues that I was willing to finally schelp up to see him.
She was Medea and about 10 minutes in my attitude went from "Scott! Squee!" to "Shut up, Scott, Seana's onstage!"
And now she's playing not just my favorite tragic hero, but about the only tragic hero in Shakespeare who I don't think needs to be hit with a brick.
ETA: Why did they put this in the Patterson, though? Tickets will sell out in seconds. Dang, I may have to become a member again, and I don't want to buy tickets the same month I'm paying for ChicagoTARDIS.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2010-06-30 11:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-01 12:41 am (UTC)