Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revival
Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revival
Yankeefan007
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#1Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revival
Posted: 9/25/08 at 9:39am
Per today's Times -
Lili Taylor, John Cullum, and Jena Malone will star in the New Group's revival of Eugene O'Neill's megaplay MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA. Scott Elliot directs the production which starts Jan. 29.
Updated On: 9/25/08 at 09:39 AM
#2re: Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revial
Posted: 9/25/08 at 9:48am
WOOHOO to Lili Taylor and John Cullum. BOOHOO to Jena Malone.
Elliot is an incredible director. Can't wait to see this show.
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
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#2re: Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revial
Posted: 9/25/08 at 9:52am
I would have loved to see this with Helen Mirren...
Ed_Mottershead
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#3re: Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revial
Posted: 9/25/08 at 10:11amDoes anyone know which one's playing Lavina and which one's playing Christine? I'm assuming Cullum is playing Ezra.
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#4re: Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revial
Posted: 9/25/08 at 11:44amHmmm. Not my favorite O'Neill by several miles, but interesting cast. Veddy interesting.
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#5re: Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revial
Posted: 9/25/08 at 12:05pm
Oh God in Heaven, I hate Jena Malone so much.
Yay to John Cullum!
Ed_Mottershead
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#6re: Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revial
Posted: 9/25/08 at 12:06pmI'm ashamed to admit I've never seen a live performance of Mourning Becomes Electra (only the not-very-good movie version with Rosalind Russell, whom I generally adore, but not in this). Last full-scaled professional production in NYC was back in 1972 (??) at the Circle in the Square and I was in Chicago at the time. Colleen Dewhurst was the Christine and must have been dynamite. I believe they did some cutting to get it into workable length without having to have a dinner break. Any of you out there see that production? Colleen was my favorite actress of all time.
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Ed_Mottershead
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#7re: Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revial
Posted: 9/25/08 at 2:21pm
Playbill answered my questions: Taylor will be Christine, Malone will be Lavinia, and, a surprise to me, Cullum with be Seth. As I recall, Seth isn't all that meaty a role -- he's one of the neighbors. I guess the big questions are: who will play Orrin and who will play Ezra?
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Updated On: 9/25/08 at 02:21 PM
Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#8re: Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revial
Posted: 9/25/08 at 7:58pmThis just turned from a totally unnecessary revival to an interesting prospect in my book.
#9re: Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revial
Posted: 9/26/08 at 1:23amI wonder if Cullum will squeeze in a return trip to Osage County before this production starts...
#10re: Taylor, Cullum, Malone to star in MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA revial
Posted: 9/26/08 at 1:26amYes, he starts Nov. 11th... wasn't that announced?
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