Singing Hannibal Lecter; Shakespeare’s Mixed-Up Lovers: Stage
This article is for subscribers only.
Effervescent as a summer tonic, “As You Like It” arrives on the Upper East Side, where the Royal Shakespeare Company has set up shop in the Park Avenue Armory.
They’ve brought not only five works by the resident playwright but a replica of its famed Courtyard Theatre at Stratford-Upon-Avon. The vertiginous space is now taken up with steep balconies and an orchestra that is actually a bit below stage level, the result being a great intimacy with the actors.