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‘Uproarious Lesson on The Bard’ | Shepherd Express

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Patrick Schmitz’ latest William Shakespeare parody—starring the aptly named Shakesparody Players—turned one of literature’s greatest tragedies on its head to uproariously funny effect. The Comedy of Othello…kinda sorta made good use of Next Act Theatre’s reverberant converted warehouse space to turn drama to melodrama and brooding to bawdiness. Schmitz has a gift for comedy that takes many …

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Outstanding ‘Comedy of Hamlet’ | Shepherd Express

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Patrick Schmitz set the mood for his second Shakespeare parody, The Comedy of Hamlet…kinda sorta, by engaging the audience in a light-hearted trivia challenge—one that surreptitiously set the crowd up for jokes during the show. He then broke down Shakespeare barriers even further by saying if we know The Lion King, then we know the story of Hamlet. …

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