Review: Hip to Hip Brings "Richard III" from Park to Park
Richard III Written by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frederick Mold Presented by Hip to Hip Theatre Company at various locations July 24-August 25, 2019 Photo credit: Julian Voloj When we arrived at Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City, Queens for Hip to Hip Theatre Company's free outdoor production of William Shakespeare's Richard III , actors were guiding a group of about ten young children through some rudimentary stage fighting reactions as part of the "Kids & the Classics" interactive workshops that precede Hip to Hip's summer repertory shows. Families (and to a lesser extent, picnickers) were a strong presence in the audience, and at the end of the workshop, the participants and other children in the audience were given a "Bingo" sheet with stickers to be removed when corresponding events in the play occurred. This Richard III , playing in rep with A Midsummer Night's Dream (directed by S.C. Lucier), is part o...