This production’s simplicity is its strength. Performing on five levels allows the show to seem immense, yet it is merely theatrical artifice permitting the audience to perceive how less is more. It is the actors who bring to the play the physical complexity this show requires.
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Despite some ruling family turmoil that rivals "Succession," and some class-based confrontations between monarchs and shepherds, there's nothing stuffy or snooty about Melia Bensussen's fresh and springy production of "The Winter's Tale," at Hartford Stage through May 7.
Hartford Stage tackles the famously difficult multi-styled Shakespeare play "The Winter's Tale." Melia Bensussen directs, giving the play an early 20th-century look and a storytelling feel.
Coney Island Avenue is a free piece of audio theatre – available for folks to stream from wherever they are, but designed to accompany an individual listener's self-guided walk down the Brooklyn avenue's 5-mile span. Home to a rich multitude of cultures and communities, Coney Island Avenue connects Park Circle at Prospect Park to the boardwalk at Brighton Beach.