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Review by: GregCoppin, Feb 26, 2006 |
| I really loved this play and production. I'm not sure if it's still running but if it is, it's a don't miss - must see. Nilo Cruz is an important American poet-playwright who deserves productions like this, worthy of his mature, nuanced writing, as opposed to the inconsistent, flat Broadway production of his Pulitzer Prize-winning "Anna in the Tropics" some two years back. This cast, across the board, brings depth,clarity and heart to Mr. Cruz's ... read more rich language and succeeds in a balaning act of melodrama and contemporary realism, both of which are consciously in existence in Mr. Cruz's highly literate, allusory text. Michael Greif-the director- and his design team never lose sight of the fact that this is a piece of THEATER, not a docudrama, and bring a dreamlike seascape to the proceedings. A strong outing by all. MTC has finally gotten one right this season. |
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Review by: a-life-in-the-theater, Feb 11, 2006 |
| This was en invigorating, transpotative evening in the theater. Nilo Cruz has a poetic and theatrical style simultaneously traditional and contemporary, and altogether his own. This cast of five was extraordinary. Touching. Funny. Romantic. The production design, use of music and staging, for a couple of hours at least, took me away from the cold and grime of New York City and placed me on the warm, pristine beaches of Spain. A great night, a ... read more great play, a cast to remember for a lifetime. |
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Review by: MisterOpinion, Feb 1, 2006 |
The new play by 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz deals with the uproar that takes place when a daughter comes to live with her artist father after more than a decade of estrangement. The reason given is that the mother was so upset at her husband’s sexual betrayals that she ran him off and forbade any contact with his daughter. Mom has died and the daughter, now in her late teens or early 20s, has come to Spain to meet Dad, who at the ... read more moment is living with a woman who takes care of him emotionally and intellectually, and an Arab immigrant with whom he dallies sexually and who is able to remain in the country because the female housemate has consented to marry him.
Unfortunately, none of it felt very true, and not just because the Spanish artistic polymath and martyr Federico Garcia Lorca appears and converses with Dad. I never bought the relationship between father and daughter, or between dad and his housemate. (Dad and the Arab boy I get, but that was primarily sexual, and sexual heat is easier to write and portray than emotional intimacy.)
Through February 19th at Manhattan Theater Club. |
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