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Posted: 5/25/13 at 10:25pm
I caught at The Atlantic today and was somewhat mixed, but very much enjoyed some aspects.
The play is really 3 one acts, all involving Poles in one form or another of exile.
The first one act is a solo piece for Martin Moran, and was my least favorite of the three parts. Moran tells the audience a story that his friend told him, so he isn't even narrating in the first person. He simply relates a story for about 15 minutes about a man who had a horrible red rash that nearly covered his body and was seemingly impossible to cure. It wasn't uninteresting, but the telling wasn't written in a dramatic way.
The second one act was my favorite, and frankly wish the whole play had been about this story. It only had two characters, A and B, played by John Guare and Omar Sangare respectively. Sangare gave the best performance of the evening; I LOVED this guy and will keep any upcoming work he does on my radar. Guare was also very good.
This play dealt with a Polish actress named Elzbieta Czyzewska who immigrated to the US in 1960s during the Soviet regime in Poland. Her story is fascinating, and given her resemblance to Helen Mirren, a biopic should be made starring the British actress as soon as she's done playing the Queen.
I don't want to spoil anything, but the story becomes quite [tos]-y and that was when the real delight set in.
The last one act starred David Pittu as the Polish exile, a second-rate writer who was sent to Argentina in 1939 right before Germany invaded Poland. This play was performed by a full cast, and had a score by Josh Schmidt, who wrote Adding Machine and The Minister's Wife. I like the music a lot, and the telling was more on the surreal side compared to the other two pieces.
Pittu did a nice job, and looked very hot; he appeared in his undergarments and my mind wandered to other thoughts for a minute or two...
It was slightly hard to concentrate on the third story becomes my mind still hadn't full been able to process the second story yet. It may be nice to have an intermission between the second and third story to give the audience a chance to catch their breath.
The play wasn't without its problems, but I think it's worth checking out, especially for the chance to catch Guare on stage and witness Sangare's excellent performance.
The play is really 3 one acts, all involving Poles in one form or another of exile.
The first one act is a solo piece for Martin Moran, and was my least favorite of the three parts. Moran tells the audience a story that his friend told him, so he isn't even narrating in the first person. He simply relates a story for about 15 minutes about a man who had a horrible red rash that nearly covered his body and was seemingly impossible to cure. It wasn't uninteresting, but the telling wasn't written in a dramatic way.
The second one act was my favorite, and frankly wish the whole play had been about this story. It only had two characters, A and B, played by John Guare and Omar Sangare respectively. Sangare gave the best performance of the evening; I LOVED this guy and will keep any upcoming work he does on my radar. Guare was also very good.
This play dealt with a Polish actress named Elzbieta Czyzewska who immigrated to the US in 1960s during the Soviet regime in Poland. Her story is fascinating, and given her resemblance to Helen Mirren, a biopic should be made starring the British actress as soon as she's done playing the Queen.
I don't want to spoil anything, but the story becomes quite [tos]-y and that was when the real delight set in.
The last one act starred David Pittu as the Polish exile, a second-rate writer who was sent to Argentina in 1939 right before Germany invaded Poland. This play was performed by a full cast, and had a score by Josh Schmidt, who wrote Adding Machine and The Minister's Wife. I like the music a lot, and the telling was more on the surreal side compared to the other two pieces.
Pittu did a nice job, and looked very hot; he appeared in his undergarments and my mind wandered to other thoughts for a minute or two...
It was slightly hard to concentrate on the third story becomes my mind still hadn't full been able to process the second story yet. It may be nice to have an intermission between the second and third story to give the audience a chance to catch their breath.
The play wasn't without its problems, but I think it's worth checking out, especially for the chance to catch Guare on stage and witness Sangare's excellent performance.
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