33 VARIATIONS - AHMANSON THEATER/LA
33 VARIATIONS - AHMANSON THEATER/LA
#133 VARIATIONS - AHMANSON THEATER/LA
Posted: 2/12/11 at 5:06pm
Throughly enjoyed this play, the staging is exquisite and the acting ensemble perfection. Jane Fonda nails it - and indeed it is a thrill seeing a screen (and theater living legend live) but its the sheer beauty of the show, the staging, the acting and the amazing set design that combine to make for a fantatstic evening of theater.
Greg Keller was exceptionally strong as Mike - so was Samantha Mathis as Jane Fonda's daughter (there was a part of me that reminded me of On Golden Pond with the dynamic between Fonda and Mathis...) There is a scene in the second act where Zach Grenier gives a tour-de-force...and I know LITERALLY NOTHING about clasical music - you dont need to know anything about classical music btw to enjoy.
Funny, Often-Moving, Interesting and a geniune theatrical experience...Go see it.
I had seen the first act of the show in NYC and because my friend dozed off in the first act (his own doing) I never got to see the second act...Must admit, I ENJOYED this so much more in LA
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#233 VARIATIONS - AHMANSON THEATER/LA
Posted: 2/12/11 at 5:23pm
Saw it opening night.
I agree 100%! I loved it!
And when it was over, I had no idea that 2:45 minutes had flown by.
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#233 VARIATIONS - AHMANSON THEATER/LA
Posted: 2/12/11 at 5:40pmZach Grenier is unbelievable in this piece. As much as I liked Roger Robinson in JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE, Zach was robbed of the Tony that year.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#333 VARIATIONS - AHMANSON THEATER/LA
Posted: 2/12/11 at 6:01pm
I saw it in NYC and loved it :). Totally agree about Zach Grenier and the set was awesome on Broadway; can't wait to see what they've done to it at the Ahmanson when I go on the last day, March 6th.
And this review explains why Jane Fonda isn't the main reason to see "33 Variations". It's just GR8 theatre at its best!
http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/beethoven-287823-katherine-fonda.html
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#433 VARIATIONS - AHMANSON THEATER/LA
Posted: 2/12/11 at 10:05pm
Here's an interview I did with Zach Grenier when 33 VARIATIONS was
playing in New York:
Zach Grenier
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
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