Seascape
Seascape
iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#0Seascape
Posted: 11/5/05 at 3:01pm
I attended an early preview last night. I was unacquainted with the play; had never seen or read it.
I thought I'd give a heads up... if you have an opportunity to go, do it. Frances Sternhagen turns in her usual terrific performance. She, and George Grizzard as her husband, seemed so familiar to me. Their relationship...the funky older woman and the less adventurous and outgoing spouse...is a common configuation. But the play, and Grizzard's performance, give him a poignancy and depth. Elizabeth Marvel and Frederick Weller, stunningly costumed, successfully tread that fine line which kept the lizard 'people' balanced between unconsciously budding humanity and other-worldliness. There's a lot of humor here...and also a lot of food for thought.
And the set worked really well, IMO. Huge, realistic sand dunes and a sublty shifting sky made the setting feel very real, and provided a perfect backdrop for the absurdist elements of the story.
It's a pretty short show. Started late...maybe 8:10...and I was out by 9:50. And that's including a 15 minute intermission. But the show is as long as it needs to be. It worked for me.
#1re: Seascape
Posted: 11/5/05 at 3:04pmUmm...I attended a preview of SEASCAPE on Tuesday, and that one wasn't even the first, so sorry to burst your bubble, but you didn't attend the first preview. The show is amazing though.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#2re: Seascape
Posted: 11/5/05 at 3:06pmI always thought this show was a musical. is it?
#3re: Seascape
Posted: 11/5/05 at 3:06pmNo, it's a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Edward Albee.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#4re: Seascape
Posted: 11/5/05 at 3:08pmOoops. No bubble to be burst. Just faulty hearing on my part. I'll make the correction.
kooky
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
#5re: Seascape
Posted: 11/6/05 at 12:36am
Just came from seeing it, what a really memorable show, the 4 members of the cast
are so GREAT, I can imagine that 2 members of the cast have sore knees, I will not
say any more than that - - but go see it if you can. It was a complete delight !
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
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