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"Salome, a tale of desire and revenge, follows
the legend of King Herod and his lust for Salome, his young stepdaughter, and her sexual baiting of John the Baptist.
Pacino also starred in the 1992 production of the Wilde play at Circle in the Square Theatre."...
“...But the show is at its most inspired in its presentation of Herod and
Salome as different sides of the same expensive coin. Ms. Tomei, a Salome in a runaway state of sexual awakening, looks lithe-bodied
and luscious, and she speaks with the petulant breathiness of a 1950's starlet. Mr. Pacino, his stomach straining against
his black dress shirt, looks bleary and bloated and talks in the weary, high-pitched singsong of a man who is long accustomed
to people hanging on his every word.”...
"For all their surface difference, they are both spoiled monsters, creatures of
vast appetites used to getting exactly what they want. Both Herod and Salome have a habit here of letting their tongues
stray out of their mouths, as if in anticipation of tastes to come."... “...Watching these two pursue their appetites makes this ''Salome'' a luxuriously
and disturbingly entertaining illustration of a dictum well known to people of power of all ages: Be careful what you
wish for.” Above excerpts taken from
“The New York Times” THEATER REVIEW;
Veils or No Veils, Whatever She Wants She Gets By BEN BRANTLEY Published: May 1, 2003.
"Everything in life is in this play. Think about it. There's nothing that doesn't happen in life that doesn't happen
in this play--and the language of it, and the genius of Oscar Wilde, and the wit of it. I love the power and the passion of
it." --Al Pacino
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