The Bacchae....Anyone?- Page 3

[jrb_actor]

re: The Bacchae....Anyone?#50

Posted: 8/21/09 at 11:11pm

Wow. These reviews amaze me because I thought it was brilliant. I think Groff is an excellent actor as is the entire cast. The music is GORGEOUS. It was a terrific production of this play.

But clearly not for everyone.

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[jrb_actor]

re: The Bacchae....Anyone?#51

Posted: 8/24/09 at 3:16am

You guys should really see this!

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[Tom1071]

re: The Bacchae....Anyone?#52

Posted: 8/24/09 at 9:25am

I went Saturday with a friend of mine who is a university theatre professor who recently directed a production of Medea. He was very anxious to see this production. We left after 30 minutes. It was the most tedious theatrical production I have ever tried to sit through.

[luvtheEmcee]

re: The Bacchae....Anyone?#53

Posted: 8/24/09 at 11:11am

Saw it last night. Thought it was cool, but also at times completely tedious and very very difficult to sit through. I actually kind of loved Groff, though, completely in spite of myself. I didn't think he was right for this role, but he found something that worked. (And I've always thought Dionysus was kind of sexy.)

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[Tom1071]

re: The Bacchae....Anyone?#54

Posted: 8/24/09 at 11:19am

The chorus stuff was what was so tedious. They just went on way too long.

[luvtheEmcee]

re: The Bacchae....Anyone?#55

Posted: 8/24/09 at 11:30am

Agreed. That needed to be shortened.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[jrb_actor]

re: The Bacchae....Anyone?#56

Posted: 8/24/09 at 12:43pm

Wow. Amazing. But maybe because those sections felt like opera? I thought they were gorgeous.

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[luvtheEmcee]

re: The Bacchae....Anyone?#57

Posted: 8/24/09 at 12:47pm

They did, a little bit, and I didn't necessary mind that part of it. I really liked the score, and just because I thought they were long and tedious doesn't mean I didn't think they were beautiful. I just found them drawn out and redundant, which, beautiful as they might have been, also made them get, as they went on, kind of boring for me. Just my opinion.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[jrb_actor]

re: The Bacchae....Anyone?#58

Posted: 8/24/09 at 12:58pm

No, no. I can totally see that. They didn't drive the plot completely--but I didn't mind it because the whole piece had a sense of ritual to it, which is perfect.

Sidenote: How fun is True Blood's use of this story?

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