I found this fascinating quote today: I've just come from seeing your new production of THE TEMPEST at Classic Stage Company , an institution that considered New York's premiere home for classical theatre -- and, as such, one of the major American institutions devoted to the preservation and reinterpretation of the classical titans. Perhaps you noticed me; I was the guy outside on the sidewalk afterward, raving like a lunatic, shouting at my helpless friends about how your take on Shakespeare's timeless fantasy has singlehandedly destroyed culture as we know it. Oct 2008 You should read the whole article.