Women Beware Women, a 400 year old play by Thomas Middleton, is being given a lushly-costumed production by a fine classical company, Red Bull Theater. Intrigue, romance, honor and dishonor, deception, betrayal, murder-- it's a real soap opera of sin, and as a sample of its time, it's quite enjoyable, especially the pageantry in Act Two.
The entire company is first rate, and I found Liv Rooth (a sort of Nicole Kidman who can sing), Kathryn Meisle, Alex Morf (ala Mozart in Amadeus) and Geraint Wyn Davies to be particularly outstanding. The play does not have the wit or bite of Shakespeare or even Marlowe, but this excellent production, adapted and directed by Jesse Berger, with set by David Barber and splendid costumes by Clint Ramos, takes us beyond the limits of the play, to a pleasurable theatrical experience.
Jennifer Ikeda & Geraint Wyn Davies
