Evanston Salt Costs Climbing

[jbm2]

Posted: 10/24/22 at 11:38pm

Previews start Wed. Anyone going? 

[verywellthensigh]

Posted: 10/25/22 at 11:17am

I read the play and its hilariously weird.  Anxious to hear people's thoughts.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/6/22 at 3:25pm

Anyone see this yet? Thoughts?

[SouthernCakes]

Posted: 11/6/22 at 7:16pm

Weird title 

[annang]

Posted: 11/8/22 at 9:44pm

SouthernCakes said: "Weird title"

If it's as good as his last play with a weird title, I'll be delighted.

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 11/9/22 at 12:32pm

annang said: "SouthernCakes said: "Weird title"

If it's as good as his last play with a weird title, I'll be delighted."

It's not. As much as I loved Heroes and Corsicana, this was a miss. I think it might be good after a few rounds of rewrites but I didn't find it successful. Wasn't as bad as You Will Get Sick or Catch As Catch Can though (not related but just some of the current Off-Broadway offerings on now).

[JoeW4]

Posted: 11/16/22 at 11:35pm

I saw it this weekend and loved it, though I see why it’s not up everyone’s alley. It was very much up mine. Love this sort of weird, semi-realism that takes a turn for the surreal. And I found the themes extremely resonant. 

See my full thoughts here

Funnily enough, in the video I refer to the play as “hilariously weird” just like someone else did above, and I also mention that I’ve heard people call the title awkward. But I hadn’t even read this thread beforehand! Lol

[BJR]

Posted: 11/17/22 at 9:50am

I can definitely see how some may love how offbeat and ambitious this play is in form, but I just found it frustrating and heavy handed. Too many red herrings, too.

But certainly he's a talent and there are some interesting ideas here.

Also, I'm starting to notice an interesting string of Taymor's show - Daddy, Pass Over, and now this - all had considerable Act III issues, where the play goes off the stylistic deep end and the production can't support it. Heroes certainly was the wonderful exception, of course.