Bart Meets the Bard
If you’re anywhere near Washington, DC from October 8-12, you can catch the classic one man theatrical mash-up that is MacHomer.
“Rick Miller brings you 85% of the Bard’s original text delivered by over 50 familiar voices from The Simpsons…”
The roots of the show are found in a short skit performed at a Canadian cast party for a “Shakespeare in the Park” staging of Macbeth, way back in 1995. Rick Miller had the not-so-choice role of Murderer #2, but now he roams the globe as the star of MacHomer, which has been seen by half a million people in 140 cities over the last 12 years. It was revamped with new songs and technical enhancement on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.
For a glimpse of this Tour De D’Oh, this page has some video excepts from an older production, along with an interview. More creator chats are here and here.
The October shows will be performed at the Wooly Mammoth Theater Company. You can buy tickets here. After this run, the show will travel to California, Florida, and Canada. Click here for the current schedule.
It’s suitable for ages 12 and up (and clocks in at just over an hour) so…take the kids!
PS: Bart has a rather small part as Fleance, Banquo’s son. Miller has said in an interview that this is because “Bart and Lisa are the hardest voices to do.”
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