Hot L Baltimore
Hot L Baltimore
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#0Hot L Baltimore
Posted: 4/19/06 at 11:50pm
I saw a horrible production of this at my school and was convinced it was the worst play I've ever seen. At the same time, I've also heard people say it is such a great and funny script. All I know, is for two and a half hours, I had no idea what was going on. Characters were speaking at the same time and it was difficult to follow any plot.
I just saw TACT is doing a production of this play in May, and I'm curious to check it out. Should I give the play another chance? Should it be entertaining? What do some of you theatre lovers think? I just don't know if I want to subject myself to this play all over again.
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philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#1re: Hot L Baltimore
Posted: 4/20/06 at 9:28am
It's a lovely moving (now) period piece, which requires wonderful actors who can bring an extreme sense of naturalism to the work, and a director who is almost more of an actor-coach than anything else to make it work. No high concepts here. What's it about? Just what most of Chekhov is about ...
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jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#2re: Hot L Baltimore
Posted: 4/20/06 at 11:32am
This was turned into a very brief TV series by Norman Lear on ABC in 1975. It featured James Cromwell, Al Freeman Jr, Richard Masur, and Charlotte Rae and had music by Marvin Hamlisch. It was also turned into a short lived TV series in France in 1976.
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iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#3re: Hot L Baltimore
Posted: 4/20/06 at 11:50amA brilliant, funny and moving Wilson play. A fine, fine playwright, and a fine, fine play.
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