The Mersys Attend the Theater: ShakesBeer New York
We had an adventure yesterday in Hell's Kitchen (a neighborhood on the West side of Manhattan):
I'd heard the creative director of the New York Shakespeare Exchange interviewed on a podcast, and she was so happy about her troupe that her enthusiasm was contagious. She said that Shakespeare wasn't meant to be read, but rather heard and experienced, and that's why the Shakespeare Exchange brought the Bard to the masses.
So we went on our very first pub crawl yesterday afternoon, making four stops with a group of about 50 other Shakespeare fans. At each stop there was time to kick back and relax and then suddenly a bell would chime and actors would hop up on the bar and bring to life a bit of a play. They had chosen stand-alone comedic scenes from Much Ado About Nothing, Henry IV, As You Like It, and the Merry Wives of Windsor. Here are the Merry Wives perched atop a bar, making us laugh.
It was perfect and joyful, and every scene ended in a resounding "Huzzah!" from the crowd. The actors ran through the group, climbed on the tables, and chatted with us between scenes. It couldn't have been better!
Huzzah!
~Mersydotes
So we went on our very first pub crawl yesterday afternoon, making four stops with a group of about 50 other Shakespeare fans. At each stop there was time to kick back and relax and then suddenly a bell would chime and actors would hop up on the bar and bring to life a bit of a play. They had chosen stand-alone comedic scenes from Much Ado About Nothing, Henry IV, As You Like It, and the Merry Wives of Windsor. Here are the Merry Wives perched atop a bar, making us laugh.
It was perfect and joyful, and every scene ended in a resounding "Huzzah!" from the crowd. The actors ran through the group, climbed on the tables, and chatted with us between scenes. It couldn't have been better!
Huzzah!
~Mersydotes
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