Shakespeare Company Trumpets

Brass trumpets unleash a piercing fanfare, blasting through the Broadway theater's applauding din as the curtain surges upward on frozen stage actors clad in period garb. Their martial clamor jolts the dimly lit space, propelling the ominous plunge into Henry VI's cosmic lament—Sam jabs Toby, both vanishing into shadows while the instruments hammer home the play's violent inception.