Overview
- Red Bull Theater’s Titus Andronicus, which opened Sunday at the Pershing Square Signature Center, runs through April 19.
- Patrick Page stars and adapts the text under Jesse Berger’s direction in an intimate staging at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre.
- Critics describe graphic onstage brutality with shifts between horror and deadpan comedy, with one assault scene noted as especially harrowing.
- Design choices draw notice, including stark military uniforms, a columned neutral set, slasher-style lighting, and a climactic banquet underscored by What a Wonderful World.
- Reviews land as mixed with an average near 60%, praising Page’s commanding performance and craft while flagging the play’s excesses and noting a gender swap that turns Marcus into Marcia.