Hudson Shakespeare Company Gives "Taming of the Shrew" A Retro Italian Spin

Jun 02, 2017 644

The Hudson Shakespeare Company returns for its 26th season of touring summer Shakespeare with a retro spin on Shakespeare’s classic war of the sexes romp – “Taming of the Shrew”. The action is moved from the 1590s to 1960s Italy and reintroduces the characters in this new period and foreign setting taking influences from Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” and AMC’s “Mad Men”.

Katherina or Kate (London Griffith) is a well to do young woman who has very different views of the moronic men her mother (Sharon Cacciabaudo) thinks are good potential husbands for both her and Kate’s conniving sister Bianca (Hannah Coffey). Unimpressed with the current crop of hopefuls, such as the old and traditional wine merchant Gremio (Charlie Leeder) and the oafish wannabe musician Hortensio (Joesph Ramondino), Kate feels that no man can match her intellect and be a worthy match.  However, some new arrivals to town are about to show both the opinionated Kate and her attention seeking sister Bianca to new possibilities.

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SOURCE: http://www.newjerseystage.com/

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