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Review Excerpts
“‘AMERICAN PLAYERS ‘CAESAR’ CONQUERS ELEMENTS’…One of Shakespeare’s more powerful dramas, ‘Julius Caesar’ demands three commanding portrayals in the principal roles of Marcus Brutus, Cassius and Marc Antony. While these first two received superb treatment by Randall Duk Kim and Jonathan Smoots…Kim’s Brutus, arms and dagger dripping with Caesar’s blood, addresses Rome’s citizens and explains, ‘Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.’ The contradictions and turmoil on Kim’s face and in his speech convince all that Caesar’s death was not for Brutus’ gain, but for the gain of Rome….”
—Dennis Mullins, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL (7/1/1985)
“‘TROUPE PROVIDES THE CLOUDS AND THE SILVER LINING’…Kim’s restrained Brutus has two profound effects on the production. Marc Antony and Cassius, in their pro-Caesar and anti-Caesar roles, assume more importance, and the audience is left more on its own in reaching a decision on the merits of Caesar’s murder.…”
—Damien Jaques, THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL (7/1/1985)
“‘‘CAESAR’ TRIUMPHS ON APT’S OPENING NIGHT’…Randall Duk Kim, one of the founders of APT, put in an outstanding performance, as usual, as the noble but mislead conspirator Marcus Brutus. His agony and good intentions were always made agonizingly clear and his love of his wife Portia, well-played by Alexandra Mitchell, created some of the most beautiful moments of the evening.…”
—Joan Lenherr, BADGER HERALD (7/3/1985)
“‘SPRINGTIME FOR THE APT’…The strongest, and indeed, best performances are given by Kim and Jonathan Smoots (Cassius), whose relationship o stage becomes the focal point of the play. Both actors develop their characters extremely well, and are able to understand and interpret clearly some of the most difficult lines in the play.…”
—Susan Miller, THE DAILY CARDINAL (7/9/1985)
“‘CAESAR WITHOUT SEASONING’…But it is Randall Duk Kim as Brutus (in what he calls the most difficult part of his career) who provides the heart and mind of the play. Looking aged and battle-weary as doom slowly gathers, Kim captures the profoundly stoic, conscience-drive nature of the character; his rendition of Brutus’ celebrated ‘There is a tide in the affairs of men’ is a marvel of understated aptness.…”
—ISTHMUS (7/12/1985)
