ACT presents
'Tis Pity She's A Whore
Music composed and performed by Bonfire Madigan Shive
- When
- Event has passed (Thu Jun 5, 2008 - Sun Jul 6, 2008)
- Cost
- $40
- Tags
- Theater, Musicals, Theater Houses, Performance Arts
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Description
This rarely staged Jacobean tragedy pits the hot-blooded violation of a shocking sexual taboo against the dirty machinations of a corrupt church and state. The result is passionate and poetic, violent and sardonic, and a classic that is mordantly fresh. Starring Tony Award–nominated Michael Hayden and A.C.T.'s own René Augesen, winner of a 2007 Bay Area Theatre Critics' Circle Award, and set to the virtuosic, edgy stylings of cellist-singer Bonfire Madigan Shive.Save $40 on a pair of tickets by ordering online at http://www.act-sf.org/promotions and entering promotion code TISPITY. Tickets must be purchased by June 11. All tickets subject to availability.
"How could a work with language so nasty and sexual politics so sophisticated have been written almost four centuries ago?"
The New York Times
"Coolly intelligent and as keen and fatal as a stiletto hit to the heart"
The Guardian (London)
"Explosive . . . positively reeking of decadence . . . no-holds-barred emotional intensity"
The Daily Telegraph
"Like a modern-day horror story . . . not for the faint of heart"
Austin American-Statesman
"Ford's shocker is about 375 years old, yet its sex, sadism, and heart-stopping finale feel as
current as a creepy crime-scene TV show."
The Vancouver Sun
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