Desire Under the Elms Question
Desire Under the Elms Question#1
Posted: 5/8/09 at 4:06pmAfter watching the little trailer on the Desire Under the Elms website, it looks for sensual, but is there any nudity in it?
re: Desire Under the Elms Question#2
Posted: 5/8/09 at 4:14pmYes. Pablo gets fully naked. I can't remember if Carla does, not that I would pay as much attention.
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.
re: Desire Under the Elms Question#3
Posted: 5/8/09 at 4:16pmIs it worth seeing if I liked other O'Neill plays?
re: Desire Under the Elms Question#4
Posted: 5/8/09 at 4:17pmI personally loved the production. It's pretty stunning visually and Carla is exceptional.
re: Desire Under the Elms Question#5
Posted: 5/8/09 at 4:23pmgo see it soon if you want to catch this...it didn't do well with the grosses last week.
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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.
re: Desire Under the Elms Question#7
Posted: 5/8/09 at 5:32pmWithoutATrace- 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.
re: Desire Under the Elms Question#8
Posted: 5/8/09 at 5:54pmwdwfreak - 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.
re: Desire Under the Elms Question#9
Posted: 5/8/09 at 5:59pmO 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)
re: Desire Under the Elms Question#10
Posted: 5/8/09 at 6:19pmI like O'Neill, but I personally didn't like this production or the play itself, for that matter. Great scenery, though.
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