Wittenberg
Opening Night: March 20, 2011
Closing: April 17, 2011
Theater: New York City Center - Stage II
Trouble brews in the hallowed halls of Wittenberg U. circa 1517. Sparring professors, Doctor Faustus and Reverend Martin Luther vie for the allegiance of their star pupil Prince Hamlet, who can’t decide on a major (go figure!). While the prince ping-pongs between their contrary advice, the professors debate faith and reason in a zany spin on classic characters. Wittenberg brings the cleric who ignited the Protestant Reformation toe-to-toe with the philosopher whose lust for life just might lead him to sell his soul, in comic combat for the Prince who should be King.
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March 30, 2011
In case “Arcadia” hasn’t sated your appetite for smarty-pants mash-ups, the Pearl Theater has a crackling good bit of entertainment for you. David Davalos’s “Wittenberg,” which is at City Center Stage II, bursts with a Stoppardian eagerness to tickle as it tangles with weightier issues.
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