Photo Flash: Syracuse Stage Presents RED
By: Harmony Wheeler Mar. 13, 2012
The 2010 Tony Award-winner for Best Play, Red is an intense bio-drama of the famed Abstract Expressionist painter Mark Rothko at the time that he was working on a commission for a series of murals for New York's Four Seasons restaurant. On paper, the play has two characters, Rothko and young assistant. On stage, the paintings themselves become characters adding a stunning visual presence and making palpable the intense physical process of the art. As Rothko and his young protégé prepare paint and canvas and assess and reassess each work, they engage in a combative struggle over the methods and purpose of art that is sharp, funny and mentally invigorating.
Check out the production photos below!
Running through March 25, Red will be performed in the Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage, 820 East Genesee Street. Tickets range $18-$50 and are available at the Syracuse Stage Box Office, 315-443-3275 or www.SyracuseStage.org.
Matthew Amendt (as Ken) and Joseph Graves (as Rothko)
Joseph Graves (as Rothko) and Matthew Amendt (as Ken)
Joseph Graves (as Rothko)
Joseph Graves (as Rothko) and Matthew Amendt (as Ken)
Joseph Graves (as Rothko) and Matthew Amendt (as Ken)
Matthew Amendt (as Ken) and Joseph Graves (as Rothko)
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