My opinion only, of course: What Brecht and Weill did has enormous potential for a intriguing, provocative, modern production. What is showing at Studio 54 is not that production. On every level--as social commentary, as satire, as irony, as cynicism--it fails. Some very talented actors are wasted on a translation and direction that never fleshes them out as three-dimensional characters and presents not an ounce of comprehensible motivation for what they do. It's not interesting or oringinal, but boring, boring, boring. This is one time I agree with the critics, except I don't think they were harsh enough.
(And am I the only one who thought the costumes looked like they were collected from various regional productions of The Rocky Horror Show?)
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Updated On: 5/8/06 at 06:11 PM