Much Ado about Much Ado
Much Ado About Nothing is being performed out in London right now, and it’s a pretty nice performance. It’s hard to do this play wrong because it is so well made in the first place. This show does a good job portraying the characters more or less the way they’re supposed to be. The only real weakness is that they have trouble balancing the humor and the drama. This play has both, with the Claudio-Hero relationship having all the drama of a midday soap opera. The Benedick-Beatrice relationship has all the fire of Cary Grant - Katherin Hepburn and it’s always a lot of fun to see how these two somehow move through. This show might not hit that split spot-on, but it comes very close most of the time and is thoroughly enjoyable.
