A lovely Prelude to a Kiss
A lovely Prelude to a Kiss
#1A lovely Prelude to a Kiss
Posted: 2/20/07 at 10:52pmTo be honest, I wasn't really feeling Roundabout's revival of Craig Lucas' Prelude to a Kiss at first. The beginning fifteen minutes seemed a bit too tentative, as a young couple (Alan Tudyk and Annie Parisse) meet at a mutual friend's party, fall in love, and decide to marry after a whirlwind courtship. It wasn't until the scene of their actual wedding, midway through Act 1, that I fell in love with the play and production, and was rapt from then on. Daniel Sullivan is a master at blending genres; here, he has tapped into the realms of loss and redemption and perfectly juxtaposed them. I was on the verge of tears when The Old Man, beautifully played by John Manhoney, delivered an eloquent monologue about the dangers of living too long. Tudyk and Parisse are also ideally cast; they're a darling love match. That's the play, though: a truly darling marriage of style and substance.
"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
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#2re: A lovely Prelude to a Kiss
Posted: 2/20/07 at 10:54pmGood to hear. Seeing it in a few weeks. Mahoney can do no wrong/
#2re: A lovely Prelude to a Kiss
Posted: 2/20/07 at 10:56pmI saw it on Sunday night and was completely charmed by it also. It's in pretty good shape for an early preview - I think it will all pull together beautifully by the time it opens. I agree with you about Tudyk, Parisse and Mahoney, and I was quite taken with Robin Bartlett as well - she damn near stole the show on Sunday night.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#3re: A lovely Prelude to a Kiss
Posted: 2/20/07 at 10:58pm
Bartlett is a hoot, and I also adored James Rebhorn as her husband. I agree that it's in amazing shape for early previews; half the shows in town that have been running twice as long aren't nearly as smooth.
I'll definitely be making a return visit.
"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
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