'Roman Tragedies' Brings Shakespeare Into the 21st Century
Dutch director Ivo van Hove throws down a gauntlet with “Roman Tragedies,” his epic, vaguely mind-blowing five-and-a-half-hour cycle of “Coriolanus,” “Julius Caesar,” and “Antony and Cleopatra.” There is a way to bring Shakespeare into the 21st century, and it involves Twitter. It also involves music by Bob Dylan, video footage of Michael Phelps and Barack Obama, a news…