{"id":139,"date":"2014-11-06T07:05:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T07:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2014-11-06T07:05:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T07:05:21","slug":"broadway-world-review-henry-viii-at-stnj-is-outstanding-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"Broadway World Review: &#8220;Henry VIII at STNJ is Outstanding Theatre&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BroadwayWorld.com loved the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey&#8217;s production of Shakespeare&#8217;s Henry VIII:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) continues their triumphant season with one of the Shakespeare&#8217;s rarely produced masterpieces, Henry VIII now onstage through November 9th. Tell a friend to tell a friend&#8230;. The staging and pacing of this epic play is absolutely flawless.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With regard to David&#8217;s performance in the title role, BWW was equally glowing:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The cast is ideally suited to their roles. David Foubert masters his role as a very robust, yet charming Henry. While Foubert succeeds at portraying this commanding character, he brings a real sense of humanity to the role. His contemplative disposition is particularly evident when he hears the pleadings of Catherine played by Jessica Wortham.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/new-jersey\/article\/BWW-Reviews-HENRY-VIII-at-STNJ-is-Outstanding-Theatre-20141027\">Read the full review from Marina Kennedy at BroadwayWorld.com<\/a> (October 27, 2014)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BroadwayWorld.com loved the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey&#8217;s production of Shakespeare&#8217;s Henry VIII: &#8220;The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) continues their triumphant season with one of the Shakespeare&#8217;s rarely produced masterpieces, Henry VIII now onstage through November 9th. Tell a friend to tell a friend&#8230;. The staging and pacing of this epic play is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,2],"tags":[9,13,16,11],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-theatre","tag-classics","tag-henryviii","tag-shakespearetheatrenj","tag-shakespearetheatreofnewjersey"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":119,"url":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=119","url_meta":{"origin":139,"position":0},"title":"Early Reviews for David in &#8220;Henry VIII&#8221;","author":"admin","date":"October 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week marked the opening weekend for the rarely-produced \"Henry VIII\" at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (directed by Paul Mullins), where David Foubert plays the title role of the infamous King Henry VIII. 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