Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williamstown

[BobbyBubby]

Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williamstown#1

Posted: 7/13/07 at 1:58pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109551.html

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williamstown#2

Posted: 7/13/07 at 2:11pm

A few friends and I are driving up for this. Should be quite excellent.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[BobbyBubby]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williamstown#2

Posted: 7/13/07 at 2:18pm

I had a feeling you'd be doing that, Em!

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williamstown#3

Posted: 7/13/07 at 2:22pm

What can I say, I'm predictable!

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[VonTussleGirl]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williamstown#4

Posted: 7/13/07 at 2:35pm

I've hated every production of Our Town I've been exposed to, but I think he'd bring something very different to the role.

[BobbyBubby]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williamstown#5

Posted: 7/13/07 at 2:41pm

Vibrato?

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williamstown#6

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:29pm

Anybody else going?

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[timote316]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#7

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:38pm

I really wish I could

[RentBoy86]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#8

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:39pm

My school is doing this show this Fall. I wish I could see his intepretation. I've tried reading the play so many times, but I find it so hard to get through.

[antiandrewx]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#9

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:41pm

I'm going.

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#10

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:47pm

I read it in high school, and I will again before the trip. I remember being really intrigued and hoping to see it on stage some day. I can definitely see why so many people dislike the play, and the ways in which it could go wrong, but I trust Raúl to nail it.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[Mattbrain]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#11

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:52pm

I think Our Town is a beautiful play.

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[jaystarr]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#12

Posted: 7/13/07 at 5:06pm

Too Bad ! I'ts only 1 night- I'm a big fan of Raul Esparza

J*

[gertrudejessalynn]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#13

Posted: 7/13/07 at 5:18pm

I wanna go!

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[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#14

Posted: 7/13/07 at 5:21pm

If I didn't misread, tickets to Our Town are $5. Damn...

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[luvtheEmcee]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#15

Posted: 7/13/07 at 5:27pm

Too cheap NOT to go. I just ordered mine. I'm a nerd.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[BobbyBubby]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#16

Posted: 7/13/07 at 5:30pm

They probably have an Equity waiver for Raul. I think tx can't be more than 15 or 20 bucks, I forget which. I saw First Lady Suite, probably one of the best things I've seen, for 15 bucks due to the waiver.

[Undeniably Bway]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#17

Posted: 7/13/07 at 5:32pm

Em... I will most likely be there also

She grew up tall - she grew up right.

[ljay889]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#18

Posted: 7/13/07 at 5:34pm

Great show. But it's not a show for a star.

[Undeniably Bway]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#19

Posted: 7/13/07 at 5:37pm

Tell that to Paul Newman...

She grew up tall - she grew up right.

[BobbyBubby]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#20

Posted: 7/13/07 at 5:47pm

I have to disagree with you Ljay. I've seen many performers turn the Stage Manager into a star role.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#21

Posted: 7/13/07 at 6:04pm

It's supposed to be an ensemble piece though, not a star-driven play though definitely the Stage Manager works as an overseeing figure which lends itself to star-casting. I am with Ljay though.
What a beautiful play this is though, to me it reads like a short story even if it's so theatrical.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[CapnHook]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#22

Posted: 7/13/07 at 6:21pm

I'm so there.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[MarkRascati]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#23

Posted: 7/13/07 at 7:36pm

I'm in a bind... I hate Thornton Wilder, but I love Esparza....

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Raul Esparza to Play One-Night only performance of Our Town at Williams#24

Posted: 7/14/07 at 12:29pm

Bumping to see if anybody else is going. We seem to have a nice little contingent so far!

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 7/14/07 at 12:29 PM