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| Robert O'Hara's INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY -- Anyone see the Public's production in '96? Thoughts? | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 10:59 am EST 01/22/18 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 10:58 am EST 01/22/18 | |
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| Saw this play on Sat. night in Chicago. Very provocative, interesting subject matter. Some brutal violence in Act 2 made me gasp. Overall a very thought provoking play, which I'm glad I saw. There was far more depth to it than O'Hara's more recent Bootycandy. Did anyone here see it off-Broadway? | |
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| re: Robert O'Hara's INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY -- Anyone see the Public's production in '96? Thoughts? | |
| Posted by: NYCscribe 01:33 pm EST 01/22/18 | |
| In reply to: Robert O'Hara's INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY -- Anyone see the Public's production in '96? Thoughts? - BroadwayTonyJ 10:58 am EST 01/22/18 | |
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| I knew someone in the cast when they did it at Columbia as part of O'Hara's thesis and I thought that production was superior to the Public's. But I did like both. It made me think that he was someone to watch - a wholly original, no holds barred type of writer. I'm a fan. I didn't love MANKIND, but I did find parts of it really thought-provoking. | |
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| Robert O'Hara's INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY -- Unconventional Casting (Spoilers) | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:18 pm EST 01/22/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Robert O'Hara's INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY -- Anyone see the Public's production in '96? Thoughts? - NYCscribe 01:33 pm EST 01/22/18 | |
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| For the Chicago production, many of the African-American actors play multiple roles including most of the white characters in the play. In the act one motel scene the female actor playing the desk clerk literally appears in "whiteface", i.e., a white mask is taped to her face. In the scenes taking place in 1831 Virginia, black actors portray the white overseer and the plantation mistress. I assume that is the mandated casting for this play. It does add a lot of humor to the proceedings. It also makes the inevitable violence toward the act of act two particularly jarring and shocking. I've read most of the posts about Mankind. I actually forgot that this is also a play by O'Hara. Despite the negative nature of at least half of the comments, I'm pretty intrigued about this play and I will definitely check it out if and when it gets staged in Chicago. |
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