The basics: first act ended 9:30, show ended 11:05. Traditional costume, minimal sets
The performances were uniformly strong, show is in great shape for such an early preview. Some minor mic issues but that always seems to happen at the Delacorte. Corey Stoll has such a naturalistic delivery; his Iago is quite memorable. I'm less familiar with the actor playing Othello but he too was very strong. Special praise for Alison Wright as Emilia. She was captivating & I love the fact that I saw her on the night The Americans aired their series finale, as she had the memorable role of Martha on that show.
It was a lovely night, on the cool side. Glad I had my heavy sweatshirt. For the first half hour or so, there were thousands of bugs swarming in the lights despite the breeze. It seems once dusk ended, they were gone. There was the faintest of mists that started right before intermission. I didn't even feel it, but could see it in the lights. It ended just as intermission ended.
We walked up to the standby line at 7:45 & were rewarded with front row center tickets. As is always the case, go early in the run & standby is the way to go. |
