Don't miss Eileen Atkins -- 3 more chances

[Auggie27]

Don't miss Eileen Atkins -- 3 more chances#0

Posted: 2/27/04 at 8:11pm

Any fans of genuinely superlative acting -- please don't miss the sublime Miss Atkins in RETREAT FROM MOSCOW this closing weekend. The play is far from ground-breaking, and in (too) many ways, predictable domestic drama. But La Atkins offers a true master class in playing an UNpredictable journey through a very ordinary life. The role of a controling, sour woman on the cusp of untold change provides her -- and thus, us -- with an opportunity. Watch her find a moment-by-moment emotional reality, devoid of scenery chewing; it's the kind of honest work that's too often missing on the stage. Three more chances, alas. It doens't get much better than this.

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

[thirdrowcenter]

re: Don't miss Eileen Atkins -- 3 more chances#1

Posted: 2/27/04 at 8:17pm

Auggie I didn't think she was a sour, controlling woman, I thought she longed for some response from her husband to let her know she wasn't in the marriage alone. Atkins does shine in this play, I agree.

[Auggie27]

re: re: Don't miss Eileen Atkins -- 3 more chances#2

Posted: 2/27/04 at 10:03pm

3rfrow: You're right. I think the character holds us, because you can see she's irritating (to Lithgow's husband), but your heart breaks for her plight. I think it's a 3 dimensional woman -- gnarly, not always easy to warm to -- who, bewildered by the hand she's suddenly dealt, fights for everything that has ever mattered.

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

[thirdrowcenter]

re: re: re: Don't miss Eileen Atkins -- 3 more chances#3

Posted: 2/27/04 at 11:23pm

Auggie you have said it perfectly. She does break your heart. She never sees this coming and she desparately tries to fight what's happened and get back her "life." Many women have lived this scenario, unfortunately. Updated On: 2/28/04 at 11:23 PM

[johny0828]

re: re: re: re: Don't miss Eileen Atkins -- 3 more chances#4

Posted: 2/28/04 at 12:32am

she also was in cold mountain. she plays the old lady who lives in the swamp.

[iflitifloat]

re: re: re: re: re: Don't miss Eileen Atkins -- 3 more chances#5

Posted: 2/28/04 at 9:19pm

I realized that I really don't want to have missed this and scored a 9th row center orchestra ticket with a discount code for the final performance tomorrow. Nice.

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

[thirdrowcenter]

re: re: re: re: re: re: Don't miss Eileen Atkins -- 3 more chances#6

Posted: 2/28/04 at 9:55pm

very nice indeed iflitifloat. I'll be looking for your post.