I thought it might be appropriate to start a thread for performance reports from BAM's Next Wave Festival, to avoid too many individual threads.
I saw SITI Company's The Bacchae today and thought it was quite excellent in its own esoteric and distant way. Viewpoints is a remarkably effective technique for Greek theatre and the ending was absolutely remarkable. Some odd humor choices that felt rather "how do you do, fellow kids?" (Pentheus dabs a
The play intentionally is set not in our world. The story is fictional and uses a lot of the context for the 2008 primary as a jumping off point for one of Hnath's morality plays. Much like A Doll's House, Part 2 the context is purely decorative.
It's a Lila Neugebauer piece alright, with its icy pacing, underplayed performances, and refusal to theatricalize unless absolutely necessary. I absolutely loved it (including those elegiac and extremely long transitions), but it's certainly not going to be a revival for everyone.
Lucas Hedges continues to be a magnificent performer for his age. I hope to see him onstage for years to come.
It's a Lila Neugebauer piece alright, with its icy pacing, underplayed performances, and refusal to theatricalize unless absolutely necessary. I absolutely loved it (including those elegiac and extremely long transitions), but it's certainly not going to be a revival for everyone.
Lucas Hedges continues to be a magnificent performer for his age. I hope to see him onstage for years to come.
An extraordinarily concentrated and careful effort from Nelson and company. Uncle Vanya is intensely depressing and this is maybe the most depressing production I've yet seen of it. Those looking for Chekhov with laughter should probably go somewhere else.
The play works remarkably well in-the-round. Production design was top-notch. 5 cast members were extraordinary (especially the actor playing Ivan Petrovich) and 2 were astonishingly bad. Overall, a totally worthwhile production,
Out of curiosity, what are these great musicals that are totally original? Everything I can think of that's traditionally highly regarded is based on some other existing material (excepting maybe The Music Man).
Speaking from a completely unbiased perspective, this production is mind-blowingly astonishing and everybody should beg, borrow, or steal to see it asap.
[Dr. Doofenshmirtz Voice] and by unbiased I mean completely biased.
