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People Are Talking: UMS presents The Suit by Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord at Power Center:
Loved it; delicate, powerful, with all actors onstage so truthful and committed. Full review here: http://wp.me/p3C2fY-DO
People Are Talking: UMS presents Complicite and Setagaya Public Theater: Shun Kin at Power Center:
Another mind-bender from Complicité; full thoughts at the post here. http://wp.me/p3C2fY-Co
Propeller Blog: Behind the Scenes:
Fantastic performance of Twelfth Night; definitely skip the Oscars and come see it if you haven’t already. Full review here: http://wp.me/p4d9B-xS
People Are Talking: UMS presents Propeller at Power Center:
A brave and—pun intended—ballsy take on Shrew, one of Shakespeare’s more difficult plays for a variety of reasons. The final scene, where Katharine gives the “I am ashamed that women are so simple speech” is absolutely harrowing. Full review here. http://wp.me/p4d9B-xK
People Are Talking: UMS presents Kidd Pivot: The Tempest Replica at Power Center:
Michael, so nice to hear from you and glad you liked the piece. This was one of my favorite things I’ve seen as part of UMS; hope they will be able to come back at some point.
Thanks, as always, for your beautiful writing and perceptive eye.
"Michael Kondziolka, Director of Programming, UMS
by Michael
People Are Talking: UMS presents Kidd Pivot: The Tempest Replica at Power Center:
Amazing. Review here. http://wp.me/p4d9B-tv
People Are Talking [and Video Booth]: Einstein on the Beach at Power Center:
Excerpt from my blog post:
I kept thinking how much I would enjoy the whole thing were it hosted in a museum. I imagined myself walking around to look at the different sequences from a number of angles: peering at a particular performer up close, hunkering down so I could look up, walking to the back to get a far perspective, and, most importantly, whispering to a companion about how the thing was speaking to me at a particular moment. Like a great painting, Einstein constantly provides new and interesting things to look at, but it would be so much more effective to not be confined to one ass-numbing vantage point.
Read full blog post:
http://nanarama.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/got-a-rock/
People Are Talking: Richard III & The Comedy of Errors:
As has been famously observed, comedy is much harder than dying. I’ll admit, it’s never my first choice. All comedy, according to the great Walter Kerr, is terribly contrived; after all, happy endings occur so rarely in life, and it takes a great deal of machinery to have everyone smiling (and often heading to marriage, hardly a sure bet in guaranteeing bliss) at the end of a two-hour show.
Propeller‘s Comedy of Errors is no less innovative than its Richard III, and of course, the same crew of geniuses putting it all together (director Edward Hall, designer Michael Pavelka, lighting designer Ben Ormerod, with additional music provided by Jon Trenchard and script adaptation provided by Hall and Roger Warren). Of course, it can’t hope to have the same gut-tearing impact; Errors has confusion at its center, not a brilliant, charismatic villain. A great Errors production, like this one, grabs you by both hands and runs you full-tilt through a fun house that isn’t completely fun; you occasionally crash into a wall and see stars. It’s the ultimate vicarious drunken party, risk of hangover included.
(read rest of blog post here: http://nanarama.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/propeller-heads-part-2/)
People Are Talking: Richard III & The Comedy of Errors:
Austerely handsome, dressed in D&G black, Richard III wears his slight deformities like expensive, hard-won marks of distinction – at least, in the Propeller production that I was lucky enough to catch in one of only 3 US stops.
It’s a brilliant choice in a brilliant, ballsy, and perfect rendition of the play. Unlike Olivier’s bowl cut creep or Richard Dreyfuss’s mincing hunchback in The Goodbye Girl (subtle, that Neil Simon), this R3, played by the magnificent Richard Clothier, is repulsive on the inside, a rottenness to the core that makes you want to scrub with an abrasive cleanser as you wonder how you could have been seduced in the first place.
(read rest of blog post here: http://nanarama.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/propeller-heads-part-1/)
People Are Talking: Grupo Corpo:
Wonderful show, and couldn’t have been more welcome on a freezing night. Distinctive dancing: intriguing mix of classical foundation with Brazilian exuberance. Check out a longer post here: http://nanarama.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/warm-up/
People Are Talking: Paul Taylor Dance Company:
Blog post: http://nanarama.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/happy-fe…
People are Talking About…Uncle Vanya:
Incredible. Full review here: http://nanarama.wordpress.com/