andrewsellon.com » New York Classical Theatre Company http://www.andrewsellon.com The official web site for actor Andrew Sellon Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:43:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Lear Review on Free Shakespeare Site http://www.andrewsellon.com/2011/08/14/a-lear-review-on-free-shakespeare-site/ http://www.andrewsellon.com/2011/08/14/a-lear-review-on-free-shakespeare-site/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:53:55 +0000 Andrew Sellon http://www.andrewsellon.com/?p=1354 I just came across a very interesting site called playshakespeare.com, which is a free resource offering online texts of all of William Shakespeare’s plays, as well as reviews of theatrical productions, an online community, research materials, the inevitable Bard-related shopping, and more.  It’s an ambitious site, so it’s going to take me a while to look [...]]]> I just came across a very interesting site called playshakespeare.com, which is a free resource offering online texts of all of William Shakespeare’s plays, as well as reviews of theatrical productions, an online community, research materials, the inevitable Bard-related shopping, and more.  It’s an ambitious site, so it’s going to take me a while to look through it, but I certainly suggest you check it out for yourself (unless you’ve already beaten me to it, which is entirely possible!).

To my surprise, I found a review of the 2009 NY Classical Theatre production of King Lear that we performed in Central Park and Battery Park.  The reviewer, Roseanne Wells, has lovely things to say about my dear friend Donald Grody as the tragic king, and she also gives a beautiful summation of the Fool and what I was doing with the role:

“Acting as a nursemaid and scolding schoolteacher, the Fool (Andrew Sellon) doles out tonics to calm Lear while chastising him through  humor and logic, the only way to avoid offending him. Sellon also infuses genuine concern for Lear, worrying about his physical and mental health, desperate to keep him from harm; he is a fool by trade, a caregiver by loyalty and love.”

I think that puts it beautifully.  To my knowledge, this is the only actual review of that production.  You can read the full review by clicking here.  If you ever come across another one somewhere, please send me the link!

You can visit PlayShakespeare.com by clicking the image on this post.  I noticed that they also have a link to an iPhone app; there’s a $9.99 “Pro” version and a free version.  I’ve downloaded the free one to start with, and will do another post if the app is really neat.

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I’ve been cast as the Fool in my second production of King Lear with my friend Donald Grody as the titular monarch.  This time, it’s for the New York Classical Theatre Company here in NYC, whose mission is to provide free professional classical theatre to [...]]]> King Lear in NYC parks, and a short film, too!

I’ve been cast as the Fool in my second production of King Lear with my friend Donald Grody as the titular monarch.  This time, it’s for the New York Classical Theatre Company here in NYC, whose mission is to provide free professional classical theatre to audiences in NYC parks.  We’ll be performing in June near West 103rd Street in Central Park, then an encore of two weeks down at Battery Park. It’s been a long time since I’ve done outdoor theatre, and this promises to be an exciting production!  Please visit http://www.newyorkclassical.org/ for information. 

I was also hired for a role in a beautifully written NYU thesis film called Free Man by author/director Katie Rotondo.  The shoot will be early May in the NYC area.  I’m very excited about the message of this film, and about the quality of the script.

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