The Acting in The Seafarer

[nomdeplume]

The Acting in The Seafarer#1

Posted: 12/10/07 at 5:02pm

Who's your favorite in this outstanding ensemble?

[DoranC]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#2

Posted: 12/11/07 at 7:50am

You mean you're asking us to pick just one?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#2

Posted: 12/11/07 at 8:07am

Jim Norton.

The others were completely forgettable.

(with the exception of Ciaran Hinds' monologue on hell, but to that I credit the writing)

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-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)

Updated On: 12/11/07 at 08:07 AM

[Yankeefan007]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#3

Posted: 12/11/07 at 8:34am

Jim Norton and Conleith Hill

[frogs_fan85]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#4

Posted: 12/11/07 at 11:29am

Jim Norton. I sat front row on the aisle right in front of his chair. Just looking at his eyes was eerie.

[obsessedjb]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#5

Posted: 12/12/07 at 12:20am

I sat in that same seat tonight too. He was so incredible--the whole cast was great.
Updated On: 12/12/07 at 12:20 AM

[everythingtaboo]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#6

Posted: 12/12/07 at 12:25am

Can't pick one. I will say Sean Mahon was the "weak" link, if you had to pick one. He was fine, but everyone else raised the bar ridiculously high, so hard to say.

"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008

[nomdeplume]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#7

Posted: 12/12/07 at 5:59pm

Jim Norton burns so lively. Quite the masterpiece he's doing there.

[Mr Roxy]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#8

Posted: 12/12/07 at 8:08pm

Norton followed by Hinds

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[Mr Roxy]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#9

Posted: 12/12/07 at 8:08pm

Norton followed by Hinds

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[nomdeplume]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#10

Posted: 12/24/07 at 12:30am

I love it at the end of the play when Jim Norton sweetly calls his brother an "alkyholic." Updated On: 12/24/07 at 12:30 AM

[AC126748]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#11

Posted: 12/24/07 at 6:38am

I loved the interplay between Hinds (brilliantly over the top) and Morse (hauntingly restrained).

"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

[Testing1232]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#12

Posted: 12/24/07 at 4:42pm

Norton, with Morse and Hill not far behind.

The vision of Norton eating the cereal keeps popping into my head !

[Testing1232]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#13

Posted: 12/29/07 at 7:39pm

Hinds interview on NY1 "On Stage" coming up !

[fosca3]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#14

Posted: 2/13/08 at 2:06pm

I have to say David Morse

In the 2nd act, it's like there are 2 plays going on: Jim Norton, Conleth Hill and Sean Mahon -- having their 'happy' Christmas Eve / experience, oblivious to the darker story -- and David Morse in a completely different place, emotionally. (And Ciaran Hinds moving smoothly between both worlds)

Every review that says how much heart the show has -- that's all coming from Morse. Everyone else is having a grand time supplying the laughs, playing with lines that are witty and clever. 'Sharky' provides all the pathos in the entire show, MUCH of it silently (since Sharky has relatively few lines in the 2nd act), and Morse carries that emotional weight all by himself

I think it's a stunning piece of work

(Don't misunderstand -- I think all 5 of them do an absolutely amazing job. There isn't a mis-step in the casting or ANY of the performances. Everyone is EXACTLY right for their part. But if I have to pick one...)

You don't go to the dragon without a present - Mark Rylance

[defyingravity11]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#15

Posted: 2/13/08 at 2:37pm

Jim Norton hands down!

[lesmis]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#16

Posted: 2/13/08 at 6:49pm

David Morse

[adamgreer]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#17

Posted: 2/13/08 at 6:54pm

I agree with those who say Norton. I didn't particularly care for the play itself, but Norton was excellent.

[Testing1232]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#18

Posted: 2/13/08 at 7:14pm

Saw it for my 7th time last night- Love this show !!!

I keep switching off, but last night, Hinds totally blew me away !!!

[DoranC]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#19

Posted: 2/13/08 at 9:57pm

Speaking of which, Hinds and Hill are listed as guests on Theater Talk this Friday.

http://www.theatertalk.org/

[wexy]

re: The Acting in The Seafarer#20

Posted: 2/13/08 at 10:01pm

Great acting all around.

'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'