A funny thing happened on the way to Anoka, or rather, in Anoka - the world premiere* of the new play
Flavio Betrayed by resident director Scott Ford, based on the
commedia dell'arte style popular in 16th-18th Century Italy. He has assembled a fantastic cast that plays the exaggerated and highly stylized physicality to the hilt, extending even into some pre-show bantering with the crowd. It all makes for a perfectly silly evening of theater. In the real world, there may be tragedy tomorrow (and yesterday and next week), but there is only comedy tonight at
Lyric Arts!
