For a few nights, scattered through the autumnal months, the Globe Theater is releasing recordings of last season’s shows, to be played in cinemas all over the States, greater UK areas, and Australia/NZ. For all my Americans: this starts tomorrow. It starts with their 2011 production of All’s Well that Ends well. See it.
Take a moment. Check the list. Find the one nearest you. Put it in your schedule. See this show.
...More theaters should be doing this. But right now we have the Globe, which is one of the best theaters we have, one of the most engaged with the material and with the community. The Globe is a fundamentally communal place: I’ve seen every show I’ve seen there standing on the ground and in the thick of a joyous, reactive crowd. The cinema can’t replicate the three-dimensional physicality of watching actors at arms’ length, but it does give you the offering of the crowd. See it. Surrounded by packed human warmth, see the words become what they’ve always intended to be.
HELLO, FRIENDS. I have written a Proper Blog Post about a) why you should see Globe Onscreen stuff generally (HINT: IT IS GREAT QUALITY AND GREAT FOR THEATER) and b) why you should specifically see their All's Well that Ends Well, which starts tomorrow (fun fact it's one of the most important productions I've ever seen, qua production, and IF YOU HAVE EVER WONDERED WHY—)