Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Posted: 9/12/08 at 9:24am
The Old Vic's hit production of Pedro Almodovar's stage adaptation of ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER will come to New York in the Spring.
Maybe Diana Rigg will join, as well.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09122008/entertainment/theater/spaceys_old_vic_tory_128669.htm
Updated On: 9/12/08 at 09:24 AM
Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#2re: Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Posted: 9/12/08 at 1:03pmThat's so exciting! I can't wait for it.
#2re: Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Posted: 9/12/08 at 2:21pmI saw it in the uk last year and it was my favourite play of the year, totally worth seeing! It's a really great ensemble piece
#3re: Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Posted: 9/12/08 at 2:27pm
If I remember correctly, Diana Rigg played Huma, the aging lesbian diva playing Blanche in STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Dana Ivey would be great in that role if Rigg doesn't transfer.
I think Donna Murphy is as perfect as it gets for the role of Manuela, although I wouldn't mind seeing Amy Morton in the role. Though I'm guessing they want a Hollywood star in the lead.
I can't imagine anyone being better than Antonia San Juan as Agrado (she should have been nominated for an Oscar). Wonder who would be able to add something to the part on the stage.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
WickedPirate2
Chorus Member Joined: 6/19/07
#4re: Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Posted: 9/12/08 at 11:10pmthank you for posting! I love almodovar's work and this is one of my favorite movies of his. I agree that i can't imagine anyone else playing Agrado...In any event, the casting will be interesting!
#5re: Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Posted: 9/12/08 at 11:21pmThat video tour that Kevin Spacey gives Mikey Riedel was really sweet.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#6re: Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Posted: 9/12/08 at 11:50pmSpacey gave Reidel a sweet tour?
#7re: Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Posted: 9/13/08 at 4:52amIf this is true, this goes on my list of shows I look forward to most.
#8re: Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Posted: 9/13/08 at 6:00pmAll About My Mother is my absolute favorite out all of Almdovar's films however didn't this production get mixed-to-negative reviews?
#9re: Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Posted: 9/13/08 at 7:49pm
this production got excellent reviews in London and deservedly so. I thought it was amazing! I only hope that they can find a theater in New York with the size/depth of the stage and behind to convey the dramatic staging that they accomplished at the Old Vic.
NYUrickydrummer
Chorus Member Joined: 12/15/05
#10re: Riedel: Almodovar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER hits Bway in the Spring
Posted: 9/14/08 at 3:04am
I saw this production twice at the Old Vic while I was in London.
It's very fast-moving, with an excellent set and a fairly faithful, well-thought-out script. It's by no means a genius adaptation, but it had its share of electric moments. The final monologue from Lorca's "Blood Wedding," delivered by the character of Huma (Dame Diana Rigg) left me speechless. However, some other moments left me totally cold. It's a mixed bag, but it's by no means a failure. I look forward to seeing it again on Broadway, as the story is exciting overall.
One of the major disappointments of the play was the fact that the "Spanish-ness" didn't quite translate to a British audience via a British cast. The actor who plays Agrado (the transvestite) - Mark Gatiss - also played the character more as British panto dame (the drag character at the head of the British holiday shows) than as the multilayered character she should be.
I hope they get some Latino cast members this time. Or work on some accents.
