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re: Has anyone seen "Scenes from a Marriage" at NYTW?

Posted by:	wmdmcree 11:25 pm EDT 09/14/14
In reply to:	Has anyone seen "Scenes from a Marriage" at NYTW? - Jackson 10:19 pm EDT 09/14/14

An interesting, if overly long production. The three scenes in the first act run a little over 90 minutes, they are followed by a 30 minute intermission to allow time for the theatre space to totally reconfigured, then the final act is a little over an hour. The reconfiguration took some extra time the night I was there, so the evening, which started at 7, did not finish until 10:25. The acting is solid, but there are no extremely noteworthy performances. If you are familiar with the source material you may be distracted by memories of the original actors, but Bergman's intense analysis of the act of loving and living together still holds up. It is definitely a play for grown-ups, I'm not sure a younger audience will recognize or relate to the confusing and contradictory emotions Bergman was shining his light upon.

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