“Tina Packer's WOMEN OF WILL: THE COMPLETE JOURNEY to Play in Five Parts Off-Broadway, Beg. 4/5” "The Overview, which Ben Brantley of The New York Times called 'Marvelous... subliminally erotic... an impassioned exploration of Shakespeare's heroines,' and Jennifer Farrar of the Associated Press called 'Boundless and irresistible,' and that it 'leaves you wanting more.'" Read [...]
"Women of Will Creator Tina Packer on Shakespeare’s Feistiest, Most Misunderstood Heroines" "This 74-year-old dynamo is bringing her expertise to life in Women of Will, a tour-de-force six-part exploration of Shakespeare’s female characters. Broadway.com asked Packer to expound on three heroines—all of them half of a celebrated couple—that she wishes audiences understood better." Read the [...]
The New York premiere of Tina Packer's Women of Will - a groundbreaking exploration of Shakespeare's canon - written by Ms. Packer and directed by Eric Tucker ("Saint Joan") will begin preview performances on January 27 prior to an official press opening of February 3 and running through June 2 Off-Broadway at The Gym at Judson (243 Thompson Street), it [...]
“The Approval Matrix: Week of February 11, 2013: Highbrow/Brilliant!” “In Women of Will, the majestic Tina Packer, pushing 75 (and not an Elizabethan man in drag) plays all of Shakespeare’s great women in a night, at the Judson.” Read the full article on New York Magazine
“Review: Captivating, Eloquent ‘Women of Will’” by Jennifer Farrar “She and her director Eric Tucker must have had a difficult time pruning the original, as her enthusiasm for her subject matter is boundless and irresistible. The result is a bit like having a time-traveling speed-date with Shakespeare and his work, which leaves you wanting more.” [...]
“Woman’s broad study of the Bard’s works” Needless to say, Packer knows her stuff. You’ll leave the Gym at Judson having learned a thing or 10, which is more than you can say about many classes. And let’s face it, the show, directed by Eric Tucker, gives out such a pedagogical vibe that you’re tempted [...]
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Bard aficionado Tina Packer will star off-Broadway in her play Women of Will, a constantly evolving piece that explores the female characters of William Shakespeare’s plays. Directed by Eric Tucker, Women of Will is scheduled to begin previews January 27, 2013 at the Gym at Judson, and will play a limited engagement through June 2. In addition to Packer, Women [...]
“A CurtainUp Review: Women of Will” “Gore, who plays the male characters and at first seems a mere foil suddenly comes alive here as York, fiercely confronting Margaret with her inhumanity: "O tiger's heart wrapt in a woman's hide." Indeed it doesn't get any crueler than this in Shakespeare's canon, and Packer nails it with [...]
“Lust Braided with Erudition” “Packer and Gore end the evening with the last words Shakespeare wrote in Henry VIII. "Who from the sacred ashes of her honor Shall starlike rise as great in fame as she was, And so stand fix’d.” In its future orientation The Bard sounds not so much Tudor as Stuart. As [...]
