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the sets may not be that different from the Public

Posted by:	dramedy 05:55 pm EST 01/13/14
In reply to:	re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "ROAD SHOW" in SAN FRANCISCO - MarkBearSF 05:25 pm EST 01/13/14

what i read in BAR, it seems similar. THe public was a wall of crates, book shelves, cabinets and file drawers where beds and other items pulled out. I recommend getting the cd--you will slowly start to enjoy the score and appreciate it. It's definitely not "in your face" type of score.

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re: the sets may not be that different from the Public

Posted by:	MarkBearSF 07:51 pm EST 01/13/14
In reply to:	the sets may not be that different from the Public - dramedy 05:55 pm EST 01/13/14

I suspect the set piece was better constructed at the Public. I appreciated the "let's put on a show" minimalism of the staging (in fact, I enjoyed the cut paper "snow" that one reviewer took issue with). However, here, it was clumsy and awkwardly painted (there was a globby checkerboard pattern on some surfaces for no apparent reason). At another point, they unfolded a panel and had to ask the audience in the front row to shift their legs to open it. At another point, a flap got hung-up. Perhaps if all the performances were top-notch, the set piece might not be such a problem. However, here both shortcomings reinforced the each other - and not for the best. Of course, all of this is IMHO.

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