My Name is Asher Lev

[Kaplan18]

Posted: 11/9/12 at 10:54am

Read this book in high school. One of my favorite books.

Bought a ticket for the 1st preview last night and was blown away. They have a little tightening to do, but a beautiful production! Acting was terrific!

I'd recommend it.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/9/12 at 11:37am

Information on where it is playing?

[Kaplan18]

Posted: 11/9/12 at 11:41am

Westside Theatre upstairs. Cool space. Never been before.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/9/12 at 11:44am

Thanks. I've enjoyed this book, as well as the others he wrote, so I'll go see it.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 11/10/12 at 1:33pm

Bought a ticket on a whim today because of your post, Kaplan. About to see the matinee.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 11/10/12 at 3:57pm

My Name is Asher Lev.... My name is Asher Lev.... My Name is Asher Lev

We'll begin the questioning with Kitty Carlisle.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 11/10/12 at 4:53pm

The acting is wonderful, though the script isn't that fantastic. It still made me tear up at the end (quite a bit, actually) as it is a touching story.

Worth seeing if you can, especially if you love the novel.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 11/18/12 at 11:01am

Just got an offer. I love Jenny Bacon and would love to hear about her work here.

[egghumor]

Posted: 11/18/12 at 12:32pm

Enjoyed your "To Tell the Truth" quip, henrik!

Updated On: 11/18/12 at 12:32 PM

[MCfan2]

Posted: 11/18/12 at 12:49pm

Ooh, wish I could get up there to see this. It was such a good book.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 11/18/12 at 1:05pm

Bacon is fantastic in this. Plays multiple roles, one of which is unrecognizable from the rest.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/18/12 at 3:39pm

I'm also a big Mark Nelson fan--he's in this too.

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 11/18/12 at 5:26pm

This adaptation is serviceable but can't hold a candle to the source novel.

Updated On: 11/18/12 at 05:26 PM

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 11/18/12 at 9:14pm

Isn't that usually the case, Hunter?

[Insider2]

Posted: 11/19/12 at 12:10pm

While this may indeed be a lovely piece of theatre, you all do realize that this thread was started by a shill, correct?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/20/12 at 12:47am

There are Good Shills and Bad Shills.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 11/20/12 at 8:22am

Nothing against shilling, but transparency is appreciated.... oh, I just realized that shilling requires non-transparency.... nevermind.

Updated On: 11/20/12 at 08:22 AM

[HarryZinn]

Posted: 12/3/12 at 7:07pm

Saw the show Saturday night. The script was faithful to the source material and did a good job of capturing in 90 minutes the essence of the book, which I just (re)read this week. Mark Nelson's performance was particularly noteworthy - his transformations into each of the several diverse characters he portrayed seemed effortless. While the show is almost too earnest, and there is too much exposition directly to the audience by the title character, overall it was a memorable and haunting production.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 12/3/12 at 9:47pm

Bad shills are ugly!