5 / 10
Page’s adaptation keeps the action brisk, but it can’t fully tame the story. Even so, the constant escalation starts to feel less shocking than exhausting by the second half. Still, the staging remains consistently engaging. Berger makes smart use of the intimate theater, with actors appearing in the balcony and aisles to suggest a larger world.
5 / 10
Under the direction of Red Bull’s Founder and Producing Artistic Director Jesse Berger – and as is frequently the case with this most horrendous of Shakespeare’s tragedies (which has the highest body count of all his works, with a total of fourteen victims, followed by King Lear with ten and Hamlet with nine) – this adaptation of the gory show is punctuated with bits of comical behavior and laughable characterizations, in an attempt to alleviate the emotional impact of the flagrant cruelty on the audience (and at the performance I attended, it did generate laughs from some). In one scene, Tamora’s sons (Chiron and Demetrius, played respectively by Jesse Aaronson and Adam Langdon), manipulated by the mastermind Aaron (a deviously plotting McKinley Belcher III, who ultimately delivers his famed remorseless confession, “Ay, that I had not done a thousand more” of his heinous deeds) to attack Lavinia (Olivia Reis), are seen doing push-ups and looking at a centerfold, as would be more expected of males their ages than murder. And Saturninus (portrayed by Matthew Amendt) is ridiculously egomaniacal and often completely ludicrous, in his over-the-top facial expressions, movements, comments, and vocal inflections (voice and speech coaching by Dawn-Elin Fraser), with the intention of highlighting the absurdity of his position of power and his unworthiness as Emperor.
Red Bull Theater is extended its run of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, now playing at The Pershing Square Signature Center’s Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre. The limited Off-Broadway engagement is extending through Sunday May 3.
What do critics think of Red Bull Theater's TITUS ANDRONICUS, running now Off-Broadway, directed by Jesse Berger and starring Patrick Page, which runs through April 19?
Red Bull Theater has released production photos of TITUS ANDRONICUS starring Patrick Page. The production is now in previews Off-Broadway. The show will run through April at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
Red Bull Theater has revealed the cast joining Patrick Page when he leads lead the cast in the title role of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, directed by Jesse Berger.
Patrick Page will lead the cast of Red Bull Theater's production of William Shakespeare’s TITUS ANDRONICUS directed by Jesse Berger, set to be presented Off-Broadway.
| 1989 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2011 | Off-Broadway |
Public Theater Production Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | West End |
RSC West End Revival West End |
| 2025 | West End |
West End |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Jesse Berger |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Fight Choreography | Rick Sordelet |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Patrick Page |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Titus Andronicus |
