Theater Review: Argonautika

I just got back from Argonautika, the new Mary Zimmerman play being staged by the Shakespeare Theatre Company, and I'd definitely recommend it.

I agree with much of Peter Marks's enthusiastic review. Argonautika is quite entertaining and pleasingly bizarre. There's an odd mix -- sometimes distracting, but generally satisfying -- of high seriousness and low, knowing humor. The production has a lot of visual wit, and the costumes and sets are clever and resourceful.

The performances are generally strong (although I feel that Jason may be miscast). Hera is delicious -- sneaky and snarky, as the Post notes. She reminded me a lot of Hillary Clinton.

Argonautika [Shakespeare Theatre Company]
'Argonautika' Charts a New Course for the Mythic Voyage [Washington Post]