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Posted: 6/23/06 at 1:22pm
If you walked out of THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE, all I have to say is, "What are you crazy!?"
OK. Inishmore is probably one of the most fantastic and exciting plays (including Musicals) that I have seen in a long time - not to mention this season. While THE PILLOWMAN has a much darker auro about it, INISHMORE keeps you at the edge of your seat the whole way through. Audience members all around me had their eyes and ears covered, scared of what may happen next. Martin McDonagh has proved that you can create proper horrific tension without the use of string instruments repeatedly playing piercingly high notes.
The whole cast is pretty terrific. I saw an understudy fo David Wilmot, Brian Avers. He was pretty fantastic. I am not sure he was dark and menacing enough when he first appears, but his knack for comedic timing was perfect (especially in the scene where he find himself gun-to-gun with Alison Pill). And you actually do feel sort of bad for his character (whether or not that was McDonagh's intention, I don't know). Maybe it's more empathy than sympathy.
Peter Gerety and Domhnall Gleeson also prove to be a fantastic comedic duo (think Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, but Irish and funny) and David Wilson Barnes, Andrew Connolly, and Dashiell Eaves are also a fantastic trio. Alison Pill has the little boy-girl who could also does a perfect job as the love/cow-eye-removing-interested tomboy (although there were a few times she was hard to hear). She also has quite a nice little voice.
The set, lighting, and costumes are awesome, but the real stand out is Wilson Milam's directing and J. David Brimmer's fighting scenes. The Irish music, designed by Obadiah Eaves, is also hauntingly beautiful.
In all, I don't think I have laughed so hard in a while. The genius of the play is that Act 1 is never boring and never seems to be the "setting up the story and that's all" type (like Woman in White).
This show is definitely not for anyone with a weak stomach...or anyone who is a cat lover.
I highly recommend seeing this play. To be cliché - GO NOW FOR A BLOODY GOOD TIME!
(To anyone who gives a feck, we did rush and got ROW C, orchestra.)
ETA: Jeff Binder was also hilarious as the two-toenail-less, upside down victim of Padriac who spent most of his time doing vertical-horizontals.
OK. Inishmore is probably one of the most fantastic and exciting plays (including Musicals) that I have seen in a long time - not to mention this season. While THE PILLOWMAN has a much darker auro about it, INISHMORE keeps you at the edge of your seat the whole way through. Audience members all around me had their eyes and ears covered, scared of what may happen next. Martin McDonagh has proved that you can create proper horrific tension without the use of string instruments repeatedly playing piercingly high notes.
The whole cast is pretty terrific. I saw an understudy fo David Wilmot, Brian Avers. He was pretty fantastic. I am not sure he was dark and menacing enough when he first appears, but his knack for comedic timing was perfect (especially in the scene where he find himself gun-to-gun with Alison Pill). And you actually do feel sort of bad for his character (whether or not that was McDonagh's intention, I don't know). Maybe it's more empathy than sympathy.
Peter Gerety and Domhnall Gleeson also prove to be a fantastic comedic duo (think Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, but Irish and funny) and David Wilson Barnes, Andrew Connolly, and Dashiell Eaves are also a fantastic trio. Alison Pill has the little boy-girl who could also does a perfect job as the love/cow-eye-removing-interested tomboy (although there were a few times she was hard to hear). She also has quite a nice little voice.
The set, lighting, and costumes are awesome, but the real stand out is Wilson Milam's directing and J. David Brimmer's fighting scenes. The Irish music, designed by Obadiah Eaves, is also hauntingly beautiful.
In all, I don't think I have laughed so hard in a while. The genius of the play is that Act 1 is never boring and never seems to be the "setting up the story and that's all" type (like Woman in White).
This show is definitely not for anyone with a weak stomach...or anyone who is a cat lover.
I highly recommend seeing this play. To be cliché - GO NOW FOR A BLOODY GOOD TIME!
(To anyone who gives a feck, we did rush and got ROW C, orchestra.)
ETA: Jeff Binder was also hilarious as the two-toenail-less, upside down victim of Padriac who spent most of his time doing vertical-horizontals.
Updated On: 6/23/06 at 01:22 PM
. Is it better than Pillowman cuz I adore that show?
