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re: Streetcar at Yale earlier this fall

Posted by: lowwriter 07:04 pm EST 12/04/13
In reply to: Streetcar at Yale earlier this fall - bearcat 06:34 pm EST 12/04/13

I saw the first preview. I thought Joe M was physically right for the part but wasn't very exciting or even menacing. The actress who played Blanche was very good. But I expected more. The Yale Rep production of the Caryl Churchill play was very well done.


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re: Streetcar at Yale earlier this fall

Posted by: enoch10 10:12 pm EST 12/04/13
In reply to: re: Streetcar at Yale earlier this fall - lowwriter 07:04 pm EST 12/04/13

i saw it at the end of the run and it is a real highlight of the year for me - and it has so far been a very, very good year. mr mangenello (sp?) was fine. the woman who played blanche, whose name i am blanking on, was absolutely terrific. one of the best i've ever seen.

the entire production was great. very traditional in its approach but smart and accomplished. a real never a misplaced step production for me.

the times did review it but by a second stringer who, if this review was any indication of her skills, will hopefully remain one. i found it the most tepid response to the production i encountered.


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re: Streetcar at Yale earlier this fall

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 12:06 am EST 12/05/13
In reply to: re: Streetcar at Yale earlier this fall - enoch10 10:12 pm EST 12/04/13

I agree that the Blanche, Rene Augesen, was terrific, and one of the best I've seen as well. Manganiello was miscast and possibly misdirected but did a creditable job, certainly nothing to be embarrassed about. I thought the set design was pretty awful.


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re: Streetcar at Yale earlier this fall

Posted by: enoch10 04:00 pm EST 12/05/13
In reply to: re: Streetcar at Yale earlier this fall - Michael_Portantiere 12:06 am EST 12/05/13

thanks for supplying her name. what i liked best about her was the feeling that she earned the part. she wasn't some movie star having her Big Moment On Broadway and she wasn't cast because her name would sell thickets. it felt, to me, more like they went, "well, who is best for the part?"

i really loved this production.


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re: Streetcar at Yale earlier this fall

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:11 pm EST 12/05/13
In reply to: re: Streetcar at Yale earlier this fall - enoch10 04:00 pm EST 12/05/13

I couldn't agree more. Augesen was very satisfying casting on every level.


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