https://variety.com/1994/legit/reviews/othello-2-1200437382/
I was working as a part time house-manager at Annenberg Center at that time and --
1. I never knew the play tickets were so expensive, since I saw everything free, sometimes as many as 9 or 11 times. This helped my write my play Shaman in 2 weeks and it became a Pew Finalist Script and was praised separately by Edward Albee.
2. I don't agree with this critic at all. I thought the production was Excellent. Especially the actor who played Iago--who came to front of stage and told his bone-chilling plans and traps directly to the audience.
It was also the first play in which Othello was played by a well known African American actor.
After the play, he put on his street clothes again (a brown leather jacket and a cap), and I saw him walking on the street.
I got 2 complimentary tickets but my husband was not interested, and so I saw it on my own.
In a way it was like Bali, where I would visit later--one moment the villagers were dancing or playing the barong's front legs, the next they were out in the parking lot directing traffic.
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