Tonight I saw the third play in three days from the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s season, Romeo and Juliet. This is one of my favorite plays, and as such I have high expectations which sometimes aren’t met. That wasn’t the case tonight. It was a wonderful production full of energy, emotion, and pathos. The acting was stellar and the characterizations were spot-on. They were very faithful to the original text, so I got to hear my favorite speeches including the opening prologue and the prince’s epilogue. It was done in a traditional staging. At this point it always gets me in the end, and this one particularly so. A standing ovation! It annoys me somewhat how emotional I get at the end even though I know what’s coming.
This was a very warm day, and earlier I was really feeling the effects of the heat, the altitude, and my lack of sleep. I was really dragging. However, I had a rest in the afternoon, and it cooled off a bit in the evening so I was awake and energized for the play. I even wore just shorts to the evening performance, which I almost never do. So far the festival has been great with the three plays I’ve seen.
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