THE ROAD TO MECCA Reviews
#2
Brantley is mixed-to-positive.
http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/theater/reviews/road-to-mecca-at-american-airlines-theater-review.html?ref=theater
But his heart's not in it.
Posted: 1/18/12 at 8:12am
Brantley is mixed-to-positive.
http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/theater/reviews/road-to-mecca-at-american-airlines-theater-review.html?ref=theater
But his heart's not in it.
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#3
Posted: 1/18/12 at 10:39am
Brantley obviously doesn't love the play--especially the first act--but he seems to find the production well-staged and it's a rave for Harris.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#4
Posted: 1/18/12 at 2:15pm
I'm pretty surprised by the reviews. I knew the cast would do well, because Rosemary Harris is amazing, but the rest of it didn't do terribly well on Curtain Critic.
http://www.curtaincritic.com/Shows/THE_ROAD_TO_MECCA_REVIEWS-91.html
It's a shame! I hate to see plays get poor reviews.
http://www.curtaincritic.com/Shows/THE_ROAD_TO_MECCA_REVIEWS-91.html
It's a shame! I hate to see plays get poor reviews.
#5
Posted: 1/18/12 at 3:32pm
What I find sad is that no one has bothered to mention whether Rosemary Harris makes good facial expressions or stays in character.
How else can a performance be judged?
How else can a performance be judged?
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#6
Posted: 1/18/12 at 5:02pm
Harris' performance definitely deserve these reviews. She's a delight. The rest of the production however, is a rote Roundabout bore. Shocker.
#7
I saw an early preview, and I'm not sure if I could say if Ms. Harris stayed in character the whole time. During the 52-minute period when her back was to the audience, it's possible she was not in character, but impossible to say. She certainly didn't have a lot of facial expressions. Jim Dale, however, had a grip on both facets of his performance. Also, DANCING.
Posted: 1/18/12 at 5:13pm
I saw an early preview, and I'm not sure if I could say if Ms. Harris stayed in character the whole time. During the 52-minute period when her back was to the audience, it's possible she was not in character, but impossible to say. She certainly didn't have a lot of facial expressions. Jim Dale, however, had a grip on both facets of his performance. Also, DANCING.
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#8
Posted: 1/18/12 at 5:19pm
Does Carla Gugino come out after the show and sign autographs at the stage door?
#9
Posted: 1/18/12 at 5:51pm
What's the show curtain like?
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#10
Sorry to be "that guy," but are there any gunshots?
I'm taking my mom to see this, and she's a miniature schnauzer.
Thanks!
Posted: 1/18/12 at 6:41pm
Sorry to be "that guy," but are there any gunshots?
I'm taking my mom to see this, and she's a miniature schnauzer.
Thanks!
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#11
Posted: 1/18/12 at 7:39pm
There's only one gunshot when Jim Dale shoots Rosemary Harris in the back of the head.
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