I was very happy to go see the play in person at Lincoln Center, and was extremely disappointed in Helen Hunt, who had just received the Academy Award for As Good As It Gets. The simple fact was, I couldn't forget that I was seeing Helen Hunt, the actress, instead of Viola, the shipwreck survivor who, while cross-dressing and passing for her twin brother, falls in love with Count Orsino, who is in turn in love with Lady Olivia. Despite good performances by Kyra Sedgwick, Paul Rudd and the always interesting Philip Bosco, I'd rather watch the 1996 movie "Twelfth Night: or What you Will", starring the wonderful Imogen Stubbs in the role of Viola, and Helena Bonham Carter as Olivia (plus the bonus performance of Ben Kingsley as Feste!).
Review of Twelfth Night, or What You Will
