Monday, July 12, 2004
One down...
Just a brief note: Saw season opener "Arcadia" this weekend (it closed Sunday.)
Tom Stoppard is a modern-day Shakespeare. His language is so complex and rich. The play skips from mathematics to physics to poetry and literature to affairs of the heart in quite nimble fashion. It's very rare that a play ends, and I immediately want to go read it. But this was one of those occasions. I wanted to experience the dialog again.
I went with my step-dad who builds set for the high school where he used to teach. He was incredibly jealous of the high quality production values. There are lots of scenes with doors opening and closing, and sometimes quite forcefully. He especially oohed and ahhhed over how the walls around those doors didn't shake after each slam!
So, let's see...a tough and brilliant work, tackled with high quality? Sounds like TheatreWorks!
Tom Stoppard is a modern-day Shakespeare. His language is so complex and rich. The play skips from mathematics to physics to poetry and literature to affairs of the heart in quite nimble fashion. It's very rare that a play ends, and I immediately want to go read it. But this was one of those occasions. I wanted to experience the dialog again.
I went with my step-dad who builds set for the high school where he used to teach. He was incredibly jealous of the high quality production values. There are lots of scenes with doors opening and closing, and sometimes quite forcefully. He especially oohed and ahhhed over how the walls around those doors didn't shake after each slam!
So, let's see...a tough and brilliant work, tackled with high quality? Sounds like TheatreWorks!
