{"id":1143,"date":"2023-08-16T14:44:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T14:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stageraw.com\/remake\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2023-08-25T14:56:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T14:56:30","slug":"twelfth-night-a-darkly-enchanting-burlesque-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stageraw.com\/remake\/twelfth-night-a-darkly-enchanting-burlesque-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelfth Night: A Darkly Enchanting Burlesque Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n
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Twelfth Night: A Darkly Enchanting Burlesque Affair<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Reviewed by F. Kathleen Foley<\/strong>
\nToil and Trouble Burlesque at The Three Clubs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Through August 26<\/strong><\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You may come out of\u00a0Twelfth Night: A Darkly Enchanting Burlesque Affair\u00a0<\/em>feeling as if your head has been caught in a blender.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s a good dizziness, the kind you get after exiting the highest velocity attraction at an amusement park. You may not know exactly what you have just seen, but you know you\u2019ve had a wild ride.<\/p>\n

Judging from its present production, an extremely loosey-goosey musical adaptation of Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0Twelfth Night\u00a0<\/em>at The Three Clubs in Hollywood, Toil and Trouble Burlesque is one of the more unusual theatrical companies you are likely to see on the local theater scene \u2014 and that\u2019s putting it mildly.<\/p>\n

If this present production is no exception, Toil and Trouble\u2019s stock in trade is assembling a cast of talented and daring actors who are willing to bare all \u2014 well, practically all \u2014 in the service of Shakespeare. (In its seven years of existence, the company has also produced a couple of original plays.)<\/p>\n

The evening opens with seasoned performer Amaya Absynthe doing a sinuous burlesque turn as an appreciative audience hoots its approbation.<\/p>\n

The remainder of the cast is less seasoned when it comes to stripping and strutting. However, the actors all have amazing voices, and under the co-direction of Angie Hobin and James Ferrero, augmented by Ferrero and Jim Niedzialkowski\u2019s excellent sound, all have their opportunities to individually shine. All are fearless when it comes to the slapstick requirements of this burlesque, mugging and gesticulating without constraint. And whatever their shapes or sizes, all are also fearless when it comes to divesting themselves of Jessica Jones\u2019 colorful, fetish-inspired costumes. In fact, this show could be labeled a must-see tutorial in body positivity \u2014 an unexpectedly inspiring byproduct of the generalized raunchiness.<\/p>\n

This wildly over-the-top adaptation takes Shakespeare\u2019s gender-bending comedy and bends it into pretzel permutations. Plenty of same-sex osculation \u2014 occasionally mirrored by Jayne Hobin\u2019s crucial large-screen video designs \u2014 gives us an indication of where the action is headed. At play\u2019s end, Duke Orsino\u2019s (Walt Gray) palpable disappointment upon learning that his young courtier Cesario (Kim Dalton) is actually the female Viola in disguise, puts the perfect punctuation point on this untrammeled entertainment, which reinvents the Bard for a new audience yet keeps true to his bawdy comical traditions.<\/p>\n

Toil and Trouble Burlesque at The Three Clubs, 1123 Vine St., Hollywood. Sat., 8 p.m.: thru Aug. 26.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/twelfth-night-tickets-648521604577<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Running time: two hours and 30 minutes, with one 30 minute intermission.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”902″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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