By Dave
Link: https://www.redbulltheater.com/galatea-mj-kaufman
Available until: Friday March 26th
Last week Red Bull Theater presented John Lyly’s Gallathea, first performed in 1588.
This week, Red Bull Theater and WP Theater present a more modern version of the show, Galatea, written by MJ Kaufman and first performed in 2018.
Galatea is said to be loosely based on Gallathea but it seems to me like it actually follows the story quite closely. The characters have the same names and Neptune is still causing trouble, demanding virgin sacrifices. The difference is more in the style – Galatea is written in modern language, it refers directly to modern terms like transgenderism and it’s very witty.
