he remaining characters were almost perfectly with the exception of Michelle Phieffer. I cannot think of anyone that could surpass her ability to visually play the part of a Fairy Queen but. Unfortunately the costumes and makeup could not cover up the fact that she cannot smoothly speak the prose found in this play. If I had a choice I would like to see Nicole Kidman play this role with possibly more elaborate staging for the realm of the faeries. The technology of today made it possible for me to view a digitally enhanced enchanted forest rather than a stage with a few props. This fact that the faeries could turn into light and fly off gave an enhanced sense of how easily they moved amongst the people to work their magic. By watching Helena and Hermia wrestle in mud, and the foolishness of Titania in love with Bottom, one cant help but laugh. True to the form of a comedy, everything works out, the faeries apologize, and you have had a few laughs by the time it is done....
