Hecuba

[superperson]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 11:25pm

Do you guys think Hecuba @ BAM is worth seeing?

[MusicMan]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 11:26pm

Not according to the devastating Variety review.

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 11:55pm

I've still never seen Trojan Women.

[BwayLeadman]

Posted: 5/29/05 at 1:11am

I did Trojan Women a few months ago

[MusicMan]

Posted: 5/29/05 at 1:21am

The Trojan Women film is quite good, with an exceptional Hepburn.

[The Goat]

Posted: 5/29/05 at 12:58pm

I heard from a friend in England, who saw "Hecuba" a couple of months ago, that this production is a mind-numbing stinker: sloppy direction, leaden pace, badly acted. Unfortunately, I bought my ticket to a BAM performance before I got this review. But I may save myself the agony of a long and dull night in the theatre and skip out. Vanessa Redgrave, who can be brilliant in more modern things (Ibsen, Shaw and later), really should stay away from anything Shakespearian and earlier, I think. Has she ever been successful in anything from these earlier periods?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/29/05 at 1:55pm

Well, I loved her Cleopatra at the Public of several years ago, but I think I was in the minority on that one.

[The Goat]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 11:30pm

I missed Redgrave as Cleopatra, but from the reviews and friends's reactions, I would say you WERE in the minority in loving her performance, Margo. But I salute you, as I have loved performances that all around me have loathed (the latest is Lange's Amanda in "The Glass Menagerie"). I saw Redgrave a few years ago as Prospero in "The Tempest" at the Globe, and, as she is a strong androgynous-looking person, I thought it might be a case of great cross-sex casting--but her performance was shockingly wooden.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 5/31/05 at 6:40am

Count me as one who was blown away by her Cleopatra. I truly believe that she is the greatest living actress.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 5/31/05 at 6:48am

I was intrigued to see someone like Redgrave take on a role like Hecuba, but the reviews AND the word of mouth in London were all but unanimous in how awful this production and her performance were. I had seen Claire Higgins absolutely tear it up a few months before in a wonderful production of it at the Donmar Warehouse, so I decided to save myself the disappointment.

I had heard that Ms Redgrave was so unhappy with the way the show was received in London that she fired the director and designer from the US run. Don't know if that's true though.

Posted: 5/31/05 at 7:18am

Does BAM offer any student rush tix because that'd be the only way I'd probably be able to see this.