How is Anne Hathaways performance in shakespeare in the park?”
Oscar nominee ANNE HATHAWAY has won high praise for her stint in a free New York production of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE play TWELFTH NIGHT, with critics hailing the performance as “most wonderful” and “joyous”. The Devil Wears Prada actress makes her Shakespeare debut alongside Audra MCDonald, Julie White and Raul Esparza in the Public Theater play in Central Park, appearing in the gender-bending role of Viola, a girl who disguises herself as a man called Cesario. Twelfth Night officially opened at the Delacorte Theater on Thursday (25Jun09) after a week of previews, and Hathaway’s performance has been noted as one of the highlights of the romantic comedy. Industry paper Daily Variety describes her stage outing as a “thoroughly winning and accomplished professional Shakespeare debut”, while the New York Daily News notes Hathaway brings “sweet charm and deep poignancy” to the part, and the New York Post calls it a “solid, committed performance”. But it’s not just Hollywood star Hathaway who’
The Associated Press’ Michael Kuchwara writes that Hathaway “is entirely at ease” with the ensemble company in a production where “everything just comes together.” He also singled out Hamish Linklater, Michael Cumpsty and David Pittu for their comic supporting performances. Echoing the praise, David Rooney of Variety writes: ” It’s hard to imagine a more satisfying staging of the crowd-pleasing romantic comedy than this one orchestrated by director Daniel Sullivan, a superb design team and an impeccable cast assembled around Anne Hathaway, who makes a thoroughly winning and accomplished professional Shakespeare debut.” John Simon of Bloomberg has mostly kind words for the production: “Hathaway, though slightly shortchanging the poetic, expertly blends the boyish and the womanly in Viola.” But he complained about John Lee Beatty’s pastoral set: “There’s no trace of a human habitat in this place of enchantment — best for some other play.” Impressed but not dazzled, the New York Post’s E
