See Ordinary Muslim at the New York Theater Workshop. See Farinelli and the King.
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I’ll cede on Rylance - felt he wasn’t challenged by the piece.
I admit I thought, "why did he do this role? this is so small for someone whose talents are so large," and later I saw that he was married to the playwright and I guess it made more sense. 
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Also I winced at many of the jokes. As a historian I cannot stand heavy-handed "DIDYA KNOW THE SANDWICH WAS INVENTED IN THIS TIME PERIOD TOO?"-style humor. I thought the way they did the singing was interesting and worth the attendance though.
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I laughed only at the 'phillistines' joke when Farinelli said he could sing in English.
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