Much Ado About Nothing

Dear Friend,


     I got to see the off-broadway production Much Ado About Nothing.  The play wasn't too long and it was pretty enjoyable.  One thing that I really liked was the use of Jazz music and the roles of the musicians in the play.  They used a lot of dramatic, hyperbolic actions in the play.  The theme for the play is to take life as it comes.


     The use of jazz music goes along very well with the theme of the play.  The theme is just to enjoy life because all of this crazy stuff happens, but in the end, not much changes from the original set of events.  The jazz music presents that fun theme.  This is because of all of the often randomness of jazz, but it still sounds sweet.


     The play has a lot of intentional exaggerations.  The two most common are when the characters act like bulls when the word comes up and when Don Pedro throws down the table in anger.  Don Pedro's action is funny and gives the audience a good feel for his character and the amount of anger he has.  This intentional overacting makes the play sort of goofy and fun.  


    Overall, I recommend seeing this play.  It was only 90 minutes and it was well acted.  I am very happy we got to go there on a school trip.  

Sincerely,

Joshua Waldman