you ever notice how all the prices end in nine? damn, that's eerie

For any UF students not afraid of the theater:
I just got back from campus today after checking out the current performance going on at the Constans Theater: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged. I gotta say, I was thoroughly impressed. In 90 minutes, they managed to compact 37 Shakespeare plays, as well as modernize it effectively and bring the audience into play (the theater seats barely over 100). Othello was performed as a rap despite the actors referring to themselves as "honkies" and Hamlet was shortened from a 20-minute play to a 2-minute play to a 4-second play, and then reversed. The audience participation was pretty cool too. I was forced to get on stage and run back and forth to emulate Othelia's ego from a scene in Hamlet. Othelia was played by another audience member who's only job was to scream.

After the show I managed to get an interview with Bryant Smith, Robert Smith (no relation) and Matthew Lindsay, the three performers for the Sunday performance. They perform nightly shows, matinees and midnight showings which are less reserved, at one point focusing on Matthew's "fetishes". I highly recommend going to this show, it was incredibly entertaining and will be playing all summer, though they are taking a 2-week break for the release of Our Town.