Bipolar 'Medea' leaves play adrift.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(THEATER)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: June 13, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Jayne Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Revenge is a dish best served bold, as proved by a strangely strained and uninvolving production of "Medea" at the Washington Shakespeare Company. This production takes a calculated, psychological approach to the classic Greek tragedy of a wronged woman and instead of passion we get pallid analysis - "Dr. Phil" live from the Parthenon.

Striking elements are in place - designer Giorgos Tsappas' blood-red stone circle set with a sand pit in the center, dramatic lighting by Ayun Fedorcha, and a stylized approach to movement ...

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