Last night we had dinner at Zola (fabulous - except the bathroom) and saw Avery Brooks in Othello at the Shakespeare Theatre.
Zola was great. I had a fondue with sausage and sourdough, a really amazing halibut dish with ginger grits, and a peanut butter and chocolate trifle for dessert (you cannot go wrong with peanut butter!). Jeff's favorite was the lobster mac and cheese. We will definitely be coming back. However, I was supremely disappointed in their bathrooms. They say on their website that their bathrooms are the best in D.C., so I was really curious to see why. I still have no idea. The bathroom was fine, but just a bathroom. Nothing special at all. I left wondering if maybe there was a super secret bathroom that I had missed (Zola is attached to the Spy Museum after all). Oh well.
Othello was great as well, though Iago stole the show (as tends to happen in Othello, I guess). Avery Brooks' performance was great, but Patrick Page's (Iago) was better. I enjoyed the staging as well.
We definitely need to make it out to the Shakespeare Theatre more often. The last time we had both been was in college.
Actually, I'd never been to the Shakespeare Theatre before... or am I forgetting something?
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, Avery Brooks was good, but Patrick Page was much better. Then again, Iago has a much better role. But Avery was hamming it up a bit too much - I haven't seen too many interpretations of Othello so maybe that's expected, but I didn't really buy the nervous breakdowns, etc...
Although I suppose if he didn't portray Othello as totally falling apart physically, his actions wouldn't have been believable - the rapid descent into paranoida and distrust. It's probably tough for any actor to balance those out..
But at least I got to see Sisko do Shakespeare. Now I just have to see Patrick Stewart do King Lear or something...
Oh, I thought you'd said you went in college too?
ReplyDeleteI think I'd rather see Jean Luc than Sisko. ;)