Promenade @ Encores- Page 2
Promenade @ Encores
#25Promenade @ Encores
Posted: 7/12/19 at 11:54amHaving thought about it more, I think my biggest problem with the show (not the production but the show, itself) is that it just seems half-baked. Almost like they were trying to write it in some sort of a code to talk about the issues of the times but forget to actually have a message, if that makes any sense. The one interesting character to me was the mother looking for her babies but she was treated as a joke, which didn’t make any sense to me. But I doubt I’ll remember much of anything about this show in a week or two.
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#26Promenade @ Encores
Posted: 7/12/19 at 3:52pm
I'm not sure if i read this in the program or it was mentioned at the pre-show, but a comment was that Carmines used a few index cards with character names/characteristics and places and mixed and matched them when writing the scenes. so, aristocrats in jail....
as i was walking out, i overheard the people in front of me discussing if the whole thing really happened, or if was just a day dream of the convicts....
#27Promenade @ Encores
Posted: 7/12/19 at 4:29pmI believe the index card concept was something Fornés did.
#28Promenade @ Encores
Posted: 7/13/19 at 1:27pm
Judging by the comments it seems we are back to the question that Jesse Green has been batting around for the last year. Does every artistic endeavor need to incorporate a contemporary sensibility to reach the audiences of today/?
I guess the themes in Promenade are as old as the bible.I did feel like I appreciated it more by imagining I was walking into a Off Off Broadway theatre in 1960 where the Ridiculous theatre company was playing down the street.
I think the show could have used some editing since many of its points were redundant. The Old Lady character did not need so much stage time. If it were edited to about 90 minutes, cues were picked up and group numbers were fully staged I think it would pack more of a punch. But as I have said in earlier comments I rather liked it. To me it was a more successful endeavor than The Cradle Will Rock.
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