“What do you see?” More of a probing, raw demand than a question, the opening line in John Logan’s 2009 two actor bio-drama about American abstract painter Mark Rothko, delivered by the artist at lights up, his back to audience, demands full attention. It should rivet an audience’s eyes to the huge blank canvas upstage … Continue reading
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A Splendid Misbehavin’: NTLive’s “She Stoops to Conquer”
What precisely does an Etiquette Consultant do? Given how splendidly every character misbehaves in the National Theatre production of Oliver Goldsmith’s “She Stoops to Conquer” and with glorious abandon, some intentionally, some by “accident of station”, I’d guess the old EC spends most of his/her time sipping tea at the craft table. Unless the delectable … Continue reading
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