| A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic | |
| Posted by: | UWS_JIM 12:42 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| We saw "A View from the Bridge" on Monday night and we were in A2 and A4 on the front row of the onstage seating on the side closest to the audience, an absolute bargain during previews for $50 each. PERHAPS VERY MILD SPOILERS..... The very atmospheric production is performed in a clinical bright white square with actors barefoot. It builds tension constantly by the use of a soundtrack of choral music and drums and scenes directed to completely focus attention on the simmering uncontrollable anger of Eddie. Mark Strong is utterly frightening as Eddie as he stares into the distance in scenes where he cannot fathom how he has lost control of the situations at home and what can he do to rectify it all. The ending of the show gave me chills !!! Minor gripe, why is the always amazing Russell Tovey as Rodolfo directed to have an American accent when he is an impoverished italian peasant literally just off the boat? That aside Russell gives a beautful performace, he only had 9 days of rehearsal before the performances began so it is suprising he already gives such a nuanced intricate protrayal. | |
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| re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic | |
| Posted by: | liam44 06:38 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
| In reply to: | A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic - UWS_JIM 12:42 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| Having seen it at the Young Vic, I mentioned many times on this board that the on stage seating was great, since all the seats at the Young Vic were around the playing area. "The very atmospheric production is performed in a clinical bright white square with actors barefoot." I am fairly certain it is a rectangle not a square. | |
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| Here in NYC it is a perfect square | |
| Posted by: | UWS_JIM 08:56 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
| In reply to: | re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic - liam44 06:38 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| No side of the performance area is any longer than the other. | |
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| re: Here in NYC it is a perfect square Possible Spoilers | |
| Posted by: | liam44 10:06 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
| In reply to: | Here in NYC it is a perfect square - UWS_JIM 08:56 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| I hate to beat this to death and If you click on this lin khttps://www.google.com/search?q=www.jan+versweyveld+view+from+the+bridge+set+design&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1818&bih=1282&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0CCUQsARqFQoTCI6p39KM6cgCFUR6PgodDdoIeQ#imgrc=ZFl3ZBMEtCy1FM%3A you will see lots of production photos and the set model to my eye it is a rectangle, I have always thought of the set as being a shipping container although if it is say a brown stone in Brooklyn it would be a long narrow rectangle. I have other thoughts on the set, which I won't reveal here and if one pays attention to the very first thing you hear in this production not Arthur Millers words, I sense it is a big clue and I could be wrong. | |
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| re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic | |
| Posted by: | ukpaul 04:34 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
| In reply to: | A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic - UWS_JIM 12:42 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| The Off Broadway 'Our Town' used the cast's own British accent in its transfer over here. It worked really well, bringing a layer of artificiality that fits the play. I didn't even think about accents for the immigrants in this when I saw this in London, I just thought they were deliberately the same to show that the accent/nationality is an artificial difference picked up on by bigots (again fitting the theme of the play). | |
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| re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic | |
| Posted by: | davei2000 05:02 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
| In reply to: | re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic - ukpaul 04:34 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| Yes - I don't think there was any use of regional accents in David Cromer's Our Town in NY, either. But I wouldn't say that added a layer of artificiality. I think the point was to strip one away. | |
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| re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic | |
| Posted by: | ukpaul 09:22 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
| In reply to: | re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic - davei2000 05:02 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| Actually, yes, it worked both ways by removing the accent barrier. | |
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| although in this case the accent is artificial | |
| Posted by: | UWS_JIM 05:21 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
| In reply to: | re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic - davei2000 05:02 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| Russell Tovey is British so that's why I mentioned his change to an American accent here. The more I think about it I think its a really hard thing to get right because if he had used his original accent people would have said why is the Italian sounding British but if he had an Italian accent and was eloquently speaking perfect English it would have seemed strange too. I guess the best solution is to have everyone sound the same. | |
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| It's a director's decision | |
| Posted by: | stevemr 06:26 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
| In reply to: | although in this case the accent is artificial - UWS_JIM 05:21 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| In the original British production shown on NTLIve, both of the Italian immigrants spoke with American (midwestern?) accents. I found it quite jarring, but it was clearly a directorial choice. It has nothing to do with Tovey. | |
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| re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic | |
| Posted by: | cjmclaughlin10 03:54 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
| In reply to: | A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic - UWS_JIM 12:42 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I thought Row A of the stage would be to close when I bought it. Verry excited now! | |
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| re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic | |
| Posted by: | davei2000 01:59 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
| In reply to: | A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic - UWS_JIM 12:42 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| Von Hove says in last week's New Yorker that it's because "It is not a historically accurate production." If it's the oddest thing in a Von Hove show, count yourself lucky... | |
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| re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic | |
| Posted by: | josiahjosiah 06:54 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
| In reply to: | re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic - davei2000 01:59 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| How would you compare Row A Mezzanine to Row F on the stage? I'm an LCT member and thinking of switching my seats based on all of the gushing about the stage seats for this show (usually not my favorite). Thanks in advance for the advice. | |
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| I would go stage row F | |
| Posted by: | UWS_JIM 08:54 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
| In reply to: | re: A View from the Bridge - On stage seating is fantastic - josiahjosiah 06:54 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| Especially if you are low numbers close to the edge of the stage where you have perhaps a better view of the action, on the stage row F you will be 30 feet from the actors and in the mezz you will be 300 or 400 feet away. | |
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| re: I would go stage row F | |
| Posted by: | josiahjosiah 06:52 pm EDT 10/30/15 |
| In reply to: | I would go stage row F - UWS_JIM 08:54 pm EDT 10/29/15 |
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| Oddly, the $135 stage seats are not available to LCT members (at the members' price), which is strange because Orchestra and Mezz seats are also $135 and are available at the Members' price, so the stage seats are not premium. Well Mezz A2 and A4 it remains from me! I tried. | |
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