Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Stage Play
Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Stage Play
#0Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Stage Play
Posted: 8/24/04 at 1:43amAnyone know anything about the stage version of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis?? Please help me.
#1re: Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Stage Play
Posted: 8/24/04 at 1:45am
They did a stage version of that? Wow. I hated that book unlike any other book I've ever hated.
Maybe thats why I find the line in The Producers about it to be so funny...
#2re: Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Stage Play
Posted: 8/24/04 at 1:57amWait. Is that the same Metamorphosis about the guy waking up as a bug?
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#3re: Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Stage Play
Posted: 8/24/04 at 2:00am
This is the show that moved into Circle In The Square after ROCKY HORROR unnecessarily ended it's run, January 6th 2002.
I miss my show. 
#4re: Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Stage Play
Posted: 8/24/04 at 2:02am
I know a guy who wants to make a musical with the metamorphosis of kafka with dancing beetles in a big tap dancing number, like in 42nd street.
#5re: Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Stage Play
Posted: 8/24/04 at 2:11am
No, Matt...this is a different show actually.
It's the one about the man who wakes up as a bug.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#6re: Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Stage Play
Posted: 8/24/04 at 2:13amOh, you did say Kafka didn't you? It's late. I didn't read that part. The word Metamorphosis just makes me sad, though.
#7re: Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Stage Play
Posted: 8/24/04 at 1:00pmI really wanted to see that Metamorphoses (the Circle in the Square one, based on Ovid's myths). I heard it was very cathartic after 9/11. Anyone catch it? Its website said it was planning a tour, but it's been three years now.
chauvelin128
Understudy Joined: 5/11/04
#8re: Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Stage Play
Posted: 8/24/04 at 1:49pm
The show that played in Circle in the Square was called "Metamorphoses," which is the plural of "Metamorphosis," the title of Kafka's book about the bug-man.
Just a little clarification. :)
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#9re: Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Stage Play
Posted: 8/24/04 at 2:25pm
"Metamorphoses" was a brilliant theatre piece that incorporated Greek myths into a lyrical, magical evening created by Mary Zimmerman (it transferred from Second Stage; it originally debuted in Chicago, I believe)
The stage version of Kafka's "Metamorphosis" was directed and adapted by the great Shakespearean actor/director (and movie bad guy) Steven Berkoff back in the late 80's and starred Mikhail Baryshnikov as Gregor Samsa. Rather avante garde in concept as I recall, it exploited Baryshnikov's amazing physicality to make Samsa's transition into a cockroach, rather than using any makeup or special effects. It was well-received critically and Baryshnikov got a Tony nomination and a Theatre World Award.
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