Even Michael Pennington, the acclaimed English actor who’s appeared in dozens of Shakespeare’s plays (as well as Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, in which he portrayed the small role of Imperial officer Moff Jerjerrod) admits that he doesn’t know everything there is to know about the Bard. It seems no one does. But his one-man Shakespeare love-fest, Sweet William, goes a long way toward dissecting the man’s life and work while couching those researched biographical details and performed snippets of Shakespearean prose in terms of how they’ve propelled the actor’s own career.
Pennington will detour from his appearances at the Colorado Festival of World Theatre in Colorado Springs for a single performance at the University of Denver’s Byron Theatre, in the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 East Iliff Avenue. Showtime is tonight at 7:30 p.m.; a Behind the Curtain lecture precedes the show at 6:30. For tickets, $15, go to www.ticketmaster.com or call 303-357-ARTS.
Fri., Sept. 12, 2008
