[NEohioPAL]M4M at CPT through October 14 -- Rave Review!

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M4M: An all male version of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure

Now onstage at Cleveland Public Theatre through October 14!

Buy tickets now online at www.cptonline.org <http://www.cptonline.org/>  or
buy by phone at 216-631-2727

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

It seems all city's a stage for the Bard

by Tony Brown

It was all Bard all the time over the weekend in Cleveland- on-Cuyahoga,
with three professional theaters opening Shakespeare plays. These plays
tickle our funny bones, stir our souls, titillate our titillations and
demonstrate why a 400-year-old dead guy lives on as our dearest playwright.

Together, they allowed the city's theater community to flex its collective
muscle...

...In "M4M" at Cleveland Public Theatre, the gritty urban venue, director
Craig George makes the sexual politics of "Measure for Measure" as immediate
as headlines about disgraced Rep. Mark Foley. Cleveland Public Theatre's
"M4M," in which six male actors play all roles, male and female, broods as
intensely as "Love's Labour's" froths yet also brings a few knowing
chuckles. 

 About a public official who mercilessly cracks down on sex offenses and
then gets caught in a sex scandal (a la Foley), "Measure for Measure"
remains a difficult work, one of the most problematic of Shakespeare's
"problem plays," comedies with serious intent. But director George seizes
the challenges by the throat, configuring the Public's Levin Theatre like a
tennis court, with the audience on opposite sides of a long, broad runway. A
simple white sheet and a few furniture pieces and dangling props serve as
his set.

The all-male cast builds on Shakespeare's latent homo-eroticism (men played
all the roles in his day, too), and the doubling (and tripling and
quadrupling) of roles adds depth and a comic dash as the actors throw off
one set of clothes and don another.

And George alternates throbbing techno music with ethereal chanting to
create appropriate ambiguity.

There are too many absolutely profound and slyly hilarious moments to
recount here, but mention must be made of the towering, gutty performance by
Michael Mauldin (newly appointed theater director at Cleveland State) as the
Duke.

With economy and majesty, Mauldin commands the stage with as much wisdom and
passion as the Duke must summon to set things more or less aright.

It's a sexy and thought-provoking experience, this "M4M." If you have time
and money for only one of these Shakespeare offerings, this is the one you
must see.

Now through October 14

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 3:00pm

Tickets:  General Admission $15 | Students and Seniors $12 | Thursdays $10

Buy tickets online at www.cptonline.org <http://www.cptonline.org/> 

Buy tickets by phone at 216-631-2727

___

Mindy Childress Herman

Director of Communications

Cleveland Public Theatre

6415 Detroit Ave.

Cleveland, OH 44102

216.631.2727 x 203

mherman at cptonline.org

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>M4M: An all male =
version
of Shakespeare’s Measure for =
Measure<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Now onstage at Cleveland Public Theatre through =
October 14!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Buy tickets now online at <a =
href=3D"http://www.cptonline.org/">www.cptonline.org</a>
or buy by phone at 216-631-2727<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cleveland Plain Dealer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tuesday, October 03, =
2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It seems all city's a stage for the =
Bard<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>by Tony Brown<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

It was all Bard all the time over the weekend in =
<st1:City
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Cleveland- =
on-Cuyahoga</st1:place></st1:City>,
with three professional theaters opening Shakespeare plays. These plays =
tickle
our funny bones, stir our souls, titillate our titillations and =
demonstrate why
a 400-year-old dead guy lives on as our dearest =
playwright.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Together, they allowed the city's theater community =
to flex
its collective muscle...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

...In "M4M" at Cleveland Public Theatre, =
the
gritty urban venue, director Craig George makes the sexual politics of
"Measure for Measure" as immediate as headlines about =
disgraced Rep.
Mark Foley. Cleveland Public Theatre's "M4M," in which six =
male
actors play all roles, male and female, broods as intensely as =
"Love's
Labour's" froths yet also brings a few knowing chuckles. =
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

About a public official who mercilessly cracks =
down on sex
offenses and then gets caught in a sex scandal (a la Foley), =
"Measure for
Measure" remains a difficult work, one of the most problematic of
Shakespeare's "problem plays," comedies with serious intent. =
But
director George seizes the challenges by the throat, configuring the =
Public's
Levin Theatre like a tennis court, with the audience on opposite sides =
of a
long, broad runway. A simple white sheet and a few furniture pieces and
dangling props serve as his set.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The all-male cast builds on Shakespeare's latent
homo-eroticism (men played all the roles in his day, too), and the =
doubling
(and tripling and quadrupling) of roles adds depth and a comic dash as =
the
actors throw off one set of clothes and don =
another.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>And George alternates throbbing techno music with =
ethereal
chanting to create appropriate ambiguity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There are too many absolutely profound and slyly =
hilarious
moments to recount here, but mention must be made of the towering, gutty
performance by Michael Mauldin (newly appointed theater director at =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType
 w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>) as the =
Duke.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>With economy and majesty, Mauldin commands the stage =
with as
much wisdom and passion as the Duke must summon to set things more or =
less
aright.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It's a sexy and thought-provoking experience, this
"M4M." If you have time and money for only one of these =
Shakespeare
offerings, this is the one you must see.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Now through October 14<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays =
at
3:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tickets:  General Admission $15 | Students and =
Seniors $12 |
Thursdays $10<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Buy tickets online at <a =
href=3D"http://www.cptonline.org/">www.cptonline.org</a><o:p></o:p></span=
></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Buy tickets by phone at =
216-631-2727<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>___</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mindy Childress Herman</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Director of =
Communications</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cleveland Public Theatre</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address =
w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2
  face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6415 =
Detroit Ave.</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on"><font =
size=3D2
  face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cleveland</span></font></st1=
:City><font
 size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
 w:st=3D"on">OH</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode =
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p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>216.631.2727 x 203</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>mherman at cptonline.org</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
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