New York Times: Reading the Best Play Nominees (from a book critic)
New York Times: Reading the Best Play Nominees (from a book critic)
#1New York Times: Reading the Best Play Nominees (from a book critic)
Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:17pm
A very nice article: read when you can.
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#2re: New York Times: Reading the Best Play Nominees (from a book critic)
Posted: 6/6/09 at 7:23pmInteresting read. Would love to see a follow-up piece regarding how different they are from page to stage, especially considering that 3/4 he read are different in print than they are/were. The published "Carnage" is the British edition; the published "reasons" still has the monologues; "Estate" was heavily revised after initial publication.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#2re: New York Times: Reading the Best Play Nominees (from a book critic)
Posted: 6/6/09 at 11:47pm
That's true, I didn't take that into consideration.
I'm curious to know what the published version of "33 Variations" is like. The play on stage was so tech heavy, that I think if you stripped all that down, you aren't left with too much.
But I am surprised he liked "God of Carnage" best considering all the reviews said it was rather slight.
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#3re: New York Times: Reading the Best Play Nominees (from a book critic)
Posted: 6/7/09 at 9:36am
Love the article. I am surprised that I have read more than the writer of the article, as I have read AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, UTOPIA (all three), DOUBT and I AM MY OWN WIFE, as well as GOD OF CARNAGE, and reasons... . (To say nothing of NORMAN (all three) and MARY STUART.
I always try to read a play before seeing it so that I am attuned to the style and content of what I'm hearing. Not bragging - just saying it helps me enjoy the experience.
Thought GOD OF CARNAGE was very slight indeed. But so was reasons..., even with the monologues.
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