Much Ado About Nothing - Review

I really enjoyed the play "Much Ado About Nothing". It was a small production but it captured all the characteristics of the original writing. I thought it was really interesting how they changed the setting from the 1500s to the 1920s. I could tell because of the costumes and music. I liked how they played back ground music and they had lots of jazz playing, and a guy with a saxophone, that was cool too. During some of their monologues they had just a single spotlight, and I thought that added a dramatic effect. There wasn't too much going on in their set design, but that was necessary because they had lots of scenes and I understand that it would be hard to keep changing and adding in new sceneries. The costumes on the women were very 1920s and more modern looking. And they men wore mostly their military uniform because they had just gotten back from the war.
I've never read or seen Much Ado About Nothing before. But I really liked the plot. It was really interesting how there was a lot backstabbing and secrecy happening. I mean I guess they got back from the war and had nothing to do and so they just messed with eachothers lives. But in the end it all worked out. Hero and Claudio were married and Beatrice and Bennedict admitted their secret love for each other. And also, am I the only one who noticed that Don Pedro liked Beatrice? But she turned him down? That was kind of bittersweet, because she still ended up with Bennedict but I guess if I were Don Pedro, I would forever be jealous. But thats just me, and well, I didn't write the play, haha. Well thats about it, that was my review/random thoughts about Much Ado About Nothing, the play.