Here, enjoy:
And not to deprive you of the other yummy lead, here is Anthony Mackie:
Ok, I'm sorry. Enough with the eye candy. Let's get into the thick of it. Euripides' The Bacchae is a dark and twisted tale of a Greek God with no true understanding of humanity. He desires worship and will stop at nothing to prove his point. He doesn't care if you die or suffer, you will bow to him. It's an interesting story. Jonathan Groff was perfect in his role and wasn't afraid to embrace the character. His psycho laughing and sassy banter with Anthony Mackie's Pentheus was perfect. Anthony Mackie's was able to go from strong and firm, manly; to pretty and feminine. Mind you this isn't a few days apart, he transformed himself emotionally (and physically) in minutes. Pretty amazing if you ask me. The chorus was good at times, but was too long and kept repeating plot lines. By the middle of the show I was ready for Dionysus to strike them down with thunder already. This was definitely a play of monologues, something that you need a very strong supporting cast to pull of, which Shakespeare in the Park definitely had. I realllllly enjoyed this show. Even coupled with an unbearably hot day and the obnoxious photographers sneaking a peak, flashing their light bulbs as we were trying to enjoy the show I still enjoyed myself.
I almost don't want to say this but...
Hey, Christopher Nolan, you looking for someone to at least do Heath Ledger's Joker justice? Well, no need to worry, I've found him. Look no further than Jonathan Groff. He will never be Heath's joker, but he'll do the part justice.
To see or not to see?
Hurry before it's too late! Last show is August 30th. Don't worry too much about the line. I got tickets on Sunday after noon after waiting for only 2 hours. There were still tickets left after all of us got ours.
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