Juliet With a Y Chromosome
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091100949.html9/11/2008
James Davis wasn't all that surprised to learn he had been cast in a
plum role in Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of "Romeo and
Juliet," running through Oct. 12 at Sidney Harman Hall.
Surprising to some, however, is that he is playing Juliet.
The production is all-male, a throwback to the way the play would have
been cast in Elizabethan times. When the 23-year-old Juilliard
graduate auditioned, he thought he had a "really great shot" at the
part, having more experience in cross-dressing Shakespeare than most
actors. On his short résumé? Julia in "2Gents," a guys-only version of
"Two Gentleman of Verona"; Lady Capulet in "Shakespeare's R&J," a
contemporary adaptation of the Bard's tragic love story set in a boys'
boarding school; and the Player Queen in "Hamlet."
