Throne of Blood

I couldn’t agree more with Charles Isherwood’s review of the play “Throne of Blood” in the New York Times article “Sprawling Cinema, tamed to a stage.” In his opinion of the play Isherwood states “Were it not for the gorgeous costumes — sweeping silken kimonos and samurai armor made of glistening black patent leather — Ping Chong’s “Throne of Blood,” a new production from the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, would be as boring to look at as it is to listen to.” This is exactly how I felt. Not being familiar with the movie or Macbeth made this play hard to comprehend and enjoy. Although the actors made their voice loud, it was difficult to understand a lot of what they were saying. If the actors had been mute it would have made no difference to me. The only aspects of this play that kept my interest were the dramatic visual effects on the background screen as well as the noise effects.