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ATTENTION ALL: my new show, The Real Housewives of William Shakespeare, developed with and directed by the incomporable Ray Chao, is running all month at the Second City Theatre in Hollywood! I’m really proud of this one, so please check it out if you can!
- WHEN: Every Thursday in July (7, 14 , 21, 28) at 8PM.
- WHERE: Second City (65 Sixty Hollywood Blvd.)
- WHAT ELSE: $10 at the door, show runs a tight hour
- LINKS: Tickets, Facebook Event,
- WTF:
The Real Housewives of William Shakespeare follows eight of the Bard’s most memorable heroines and villainesses as they struggle with status, fashion, hair-weaves, celebrity sex tapes, and other pitfalls of the rich and fabulous. This new show weaves elements from many immortal plays and many, many inconsequential reality TV episodes together into one cohesive narrative. It re-imagines Lady Macbeth as a domineering stage mother, Desdemona as a modern day Nicole Brown Simpson, Viola as an abused personal assistant, and Ophelia as an eccentric designer obsessed with Jared Leto. As the housewives vie for control of a charity fashion event, Puck, a washed-up 90s R&B star, has plans of his own to shift the balance of power.
Written entirely in verse with a mix of modern and Shakespearean slang, “RHWS” is funny enough that anyone can enjoy it, but provides a special thrill for fans of Shakespeare’s writing and Bravo’s programming alike. Complete with such classical staples as mistaken identity, a musical number, soliloquy/confessionals, and of course many, many deaths, “RHWS” is the show that finally gives a group of over-privileged housewives the Shakespearean treatment they richly deserve!
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