Virginia Stage Company (Vsc) presents the second play in its 2009-2010 season, a new modern adaptation of Shakespeare's timeless Romeo and Juliet in //romeo&juliet/ running October 20 through November 8 at the Wells Theatre in downtown Norfolk.
Vsc's presentation of //romeo&juliet/ is unique as it integrates Shakespeare's original dialogue with on-stage 21st century digital multimedia including audio, video, internet techology and social networking communications.
Director and Vsc Associate Artistic Director Patrick Mullins takes this timeless story of young lovers and places it into today's teenage and 20-something world filled with cell phones, laptops, email, text messages and Facebook friends. A classic play that is often considered a museum piece in the theater world now becomes a fresh new canvas in which multimedia is used to energize the passion within Shakespeare's poetic words.
As the text flashes across large video screens on stage and strategically mounted within the theater, it provides...
Vsc's presentation of //romeo&juliet/ is unique as it integrates Shakespeare's original dialogue with on-stage 21st century digital multimedia including audio, video, internet techology and social networking communications.
Director and Vsc Associate Artistic Director Patrick Mullins takes this timeless story of young lovers and places it into today's teenage and 20-something world filled with cell phones, laptops, email, text messages and Facebook friends. A classic play that is often considered a museum piece in the theater world now becomes a fresh new canvas in which multimedia is used to energize the passion within Shakespeare's poetic words.
As the text flashes across large video screens on stage and strategically mounted within the theater, it provides...
- 11/8/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Virginia Stage Company (Vsc) presents the second play in its 2009-2010 season, a new modern adaptation of Shakespeare's timeless Romeo and Juliet in //romeo&juliet/ running October 20 through November 8 at the Wells Theatre in downtown Norfolk.
Vsc's presentation of //romeo&juliet/ is unique as it integrates Shakespeare's original dialogue with on-stage 21st century digital multimedia including audio, video, internet techology and social networking communications.
Director and Vsc Associate Artistic Director Patrick Mullins takes this timeless story of young lovers and places it into today's teenage and 20-something world filled with cell phones, laptops, email, text messages and Facebook friends. A classic play that is often considered a museum piece in the theater world now becomes a fresh new canvas in which multimedia is used to energize the passion within Shakespeare's poetic words.
As the text flashes across large video screens on stage and strategically mounted within the theater, it provides...
Vsc's presentation of //romeo&juliet/ is unique as it integrates Shakespeare's original dialogue with on-stage 21st century digital multimedia including audio, video, internet techology and social networking communications.
Director and Vsc Associate Artistic Director Patrick Mullins takes this timeless story of young lovers and places it into today's teenage and 20-something world filled with cell phones, laptops, email, text messages and Facebook friends. A classic play that is often considered a museum piece in the theater world now becomes a fresh new canvas in which multimedia is used to energize the passion within Shakespeare's poetic words.
As the text flashes across large video screens on stage and strategically mounted within the theater, it provides...
- 11/8/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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