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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2017 10:00:06 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2017 10:44:23 GMT -5
So. The last performance will be Father's Day, and they tell me if I line up early (before 8 am) that day, I might stand a chance of getting tickets. Since I have no child and my father is dead, I think I'll try. I may have to go alone, but at least it will give me something interesting to do on a day that will otherwise be sad for me.
FYI, they have been deluged with people (even more than usual) wanting tickets since the brouhaha. And other sponsors stepped in to fill in the gap left by the ones who were scared away.
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Post by Don on Jun 13, 2017 17:42:03 GMT -5
FYI, they have been deluged with people (even more than usual) wanting tickets since the brouhaha. And other sponsors stepped in to fill in the gap left by the ones who were scared away. Sacred cows make the best barbecue.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2017 17:55:52 GMT -5
I am now really curious about this version, and would like to assess for myself whether I think what they did is interesting or cheap. If I can manage to score tickets, I'll report back.
It will surely be well-acted -- they get marvelous casts for these performances. And just being there is a lovely experience. You are sitting in the open air, but there are seats and a stage as in a regular theater, so it isn't like some other park performances where you grab a seat on the grass. (I really like those, too, but they are better for music where it doesn't matter so much if you can't see the stage well.)
I suspect, after talking with the theater rep today, that the outrage-fest will be good for the theater rather than otherwise. Apparently a lot of people feel as protective of the free park performances as I do. I am now appeased.
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Post by Don on Jun 13, 2017 20:59:36 GMT -5
Louisville KY also has SitP, and I have many fond memories of those balmy nights. Hope you score.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 17:06:07 GMT -5
Interesting NY Times interview with the director. A notable Q&A on why one would use a look-alike of a current leader: It's actually a valid point, IMO. It's pretty easy to just think of Shakespeare's plays as precious hoity-toity antiques with no real relevance to current times. (Sad, since Shakespeare did not intend them to be hoity-toity -- he intended them to be accessible.) But substitute a current figure -- especially one vehemently criticized by many as the kind of dictator-wanna-be that Caesar was -- and the audience is forced to consider the play in a more immediate way. For what it is worth, I spoke with an acquaintance (she's politically center-right, but a staunch never-Trumper) today who managed to see the play. She said they definitely had some fun with Trump mannerisms and such (while still using the text of Shakespeare's play). But as for the moment of the stabbing -- she said it was actually quite shocking and not at all presented as a joyous act. The audience, which had been laughing and enjoying itself with the Trumpisms were suddenly silent. No, they were not cheering (or booing) -- she said they were reacting the way you might expect people to react if Trump were actually stabbed in front of them. She said the thought in her head was that it is one thing to wish him not president and quite another to wish him dead. And she (not a Shakespeare geek like me, btw) definitely walked away with the message the Public Theater says it intended: "those who attempt to defend democracy by undemocratic means pay a terrible price and destroy the very thing they are fighting to save." eta: The more reviews I read, the more I want to see it. see, variety.com/2017/legit/reviews/julius-caesar-broadway-review-trump-like-play-1202462921/e.g ,
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Post by michaelw on Jun 15, 2017 5:40:02 GMT -5
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