| "The Humans" hitting the regions (spoilers) | |
| Posted by: Ann 06:21 pm EST 12/03/17 | |
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| I just saw the Pittsburgh Public Theatre production of Karam's play (which started on 11/9 - I'm not sure if it's the first regional production post-Broadway, but the tour started in Seattle on 11/17, I think). The play adapts very well for a regional theatre. The thrust stage set here seems very close to what I saw early on at the Laura Pels. And the cast is terrific. But the play itself seems different - obviously, I missed any changes made for Broadway, or even during the Off-Broadway production. There are almost no supernatural elements here, and there were significant ones, I thought, when I saw it in New York. And now I read the ending differently - I now see it as Erik, bravely walking into the (I can't think exactly what it is that he describes from a dream and Richard tells him, next time he dreams it, to go ahead into the ___ to the bidding of the mysterious woman), now that he has revealed his secrets and flaws to his children. Like he has been freed. Did he walk through the doorway before? (after the woman and the cart and before the door slams). Up to that point, it's almost like a Richard Nelson play on a small dosage of steroids. |
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| Link | Here's a review of this production, and he doesn't care for how it ends |
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