Bill Pullman & Julia Stiles Rehearsal Photos for LA's Oleanna

[Glutton4Sutton]

Posted: 5/7/09 at 12:22pm

Hey guys, here are some rehearsal stills from upcoming production of OLEANNA at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum. The production stars Bill Pullman & Julia Stiles.
Oleanna Rehearsal Stills

[Eris0303]

Posted: 5/7/09 at 12:23pm

Oh, Bill Pullman...how I love thee.

[LadyDramaturg2]

Posted: 5/7/09 at 12:25pm

^^^^ word.

[Tom's Cat]

Posted: 5/7/09 at 4:01pm

And he's as nice as he is nice lookin'. I sometimes wonder if his being overlooked for a Tony nomination (for "The Goat, or ...") is the reason he hasn't come back to Broadway. He certainly deserved one. I would really love to see him in another play there some day.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 5/7/09 at 8:06pm

I really hope this transfers in the fall.

[cglaid]

Posted: 5/7/09 at 10:13pm

I will definitely be seeing this!

[BrianS]

Posted: 5/7/09 at 10:28pm

It'll be interesting to see how much this play still resonates in this day and age. It was such a firebrand of controversy at the time. Not saying sexual harassment (or perceived harassment) isn't a problem anymore, but forward progress may blunt the impact.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 5/8/09 at 12:00am

As I've said before, doing this show on Broadway would be a huge mistake. Off-Broadway, fine. But Oleanna is not commercial theatre material.

Also, as much as I like Julia Stiles, her days of being able to pass for an undergraduate college student are over.

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/8/09 at 12:02am

What's with the apple?

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 5/8/09 at 6:40am

Maybe it could play at ATC?

[Mike3]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 1:10am

"...her days of being able to pass for an undergraduate college student are over."

I respectfully disagree. I saw this tonight and found her performance quite compelling. Bill Pullman is very good as well.

My guess: if you like Mamet, you will like this production, very much. If not, well...

Regarding its resonance, it certainly generated strong emotion this evening - including a very heated argument between a man and women two rows behind me after the play.

Neil Patel's set is simple and effective.

I don't know if this belongs on Broadway, but I'm glad I saw it.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 1:24am

I remember seeing pictures of the original cast and Rebecca Pidgeon (or how ever you spell her name) didn't resemble an undergraduate student at all.
Updated On: 6/10/09 at 01:24 AM