Desire Under the Elms Question

[wdwfreak]

Desire Under the Elms Question#1

Posted: 5/8/09 at 4:06pm

After watching the little trailer on the Desire Under the Elms website, it looks for sensual, but is there any nudity in it?

[Mister Matt]

re: Desire Under the Elms Question#2

Posted: 5/8/09 at 4:14pm

Yes. Pablo gets fully naked. I can't remember if Carla does, not that I would pay as much attention.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[ColorTheHours048]

re: Desire Under the Elms Question#2

Posted: 5/8/09 at 4:15pm

You see Pablo Schreiber's behind and a little bit of Carla Gugino as she changes clothes. It's nothing that hasn't been on TV.

[wdwfreak]

re: Desire Under the Elms Question#3

Posted: 5/8/09 at 4:16pm

Is it worth seeing if I liked other O'Neill plays?

[ColorTheHours048]

re: Desire Under the Elms Question#4

Posted: 5/8/09 at 4:17pm

I personally loved the production. It's pretty stunning visually and Carla is exceptional.

[WithoutATrace]

re: Desire Under the Elms Question#5

Posted: 5/8/09 at 4:23pm

go see it soon if you want to catch this...it didn't do well with the grosses last week.

[WOSQ]

re: Desire Under the Elms Question#6

Posted: 5/8/09 at 4:36pm

This is good early O'Neill. What that means is that it does not come close to the later O'Neill like Long Day's Journey or Moon/Misbegotten, but is still pretty good on its own terms.

A friend said to me that he felt something was missing, and I pondered and replied that what was missing was O'Neill himself, his family or some stand-in for one of them.

This is a very-good-not-great play with a genuine conflict. the production is quite good.

Pablo Schrieber? There should be one in every homo.

"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable." --Carrie Fisher

[wdwfreak]

re: Desire Under the Elms Question#7

Posted: 5/8/09 at 5:32pm

WithoutATrace- According to the grosses last week, the show did better in gross total and the percentage. Also, you have to keep the idea that there are no mezzanine seating.

[ColorTheHours048]

re: Desire Under the Elms Question#8

Posted: 5/8/09 at 5:54pm

wdwfreak - There's no BALCONY seating, not mezzanine. There is mezzanine seating. And they don't factor in the balcony, so the numbers reflect the available seating they have. So those numbers are pretty atrocious.

[wdwfreak]

re: Desire Under the Elms Question#9

Posted: 5/8/09 at 5:59pm

O sorry that's what I meant. At least they picked up a little bit. And it is doing better A:OC, Impressionism, and Irena's Vow (money wise)

[Mister Matt]

re: Desire Under the Elms Question#10

Posted: 5/8/09 at 6:19pm

I like O'Neill, but I personally didn't like this production or the play itself, for that matter. Great scenery, though.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian