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| Has anyone seen Primary Stages' A Walk with Mr Heifetz? | |
| Posted by: ksd 07:11 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
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| comments appreciated. | |
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| re: Has anyone seen Primary Stages' A Walk with Mr Heifetz? | |
| Posted by: stan 08:36 am EST 02/08/18 | |
| In reply to: Has anyone seen Primary Stages' A Walk with Mr Heifetz? - ksd 07:11 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
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| Not very good -- confusing -- a story about two brothers involved in the founding of Israel. When we left -- after some googling -- we confirmed that the brothers in the story were cousins to my son-in-law's grandfather. The older, Moishe Sharett, will become the 2nd Prime Minister of Israel. Historically interesting, mainly because Ben Gurion retired, Moishe succeeded him, and was forced out and replaced by Ben Gurion (I think I have this story straight) -- still I really can't recommend this, except to my daughter's in-laws. I went because of my love of classical music, but Heifetz is almost tangential to the story -- the mugging violinist in the cast does not play any known music, but is used for background sound tracking. | |
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| re: Has anyone seen Primary Stages' A Walk with Mr Heifetz? | |
| Posted by: StormyEyed 08:49 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
| In reply to: Has anyone seen Primary Stages' A Walk with Mr Heifetz? - ksd 07:11 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
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| I saw it last night. 90 mins INCLUDING the 20 minute intermission. I didn't feel the script was successful - basically one continuous two character dialogue each act. Production itself had some beautiful elements. The evening was kind of like when you go to a museum, look at an interesting painting, read through the info card next to the painting, and look at the painting a little longer and then move on. The info is more informative than moving. | |
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| I agree with StormyEyed's assessment | |
| Posted by: gad90210 09:06 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Has anyone seen Primary Stages' A Walk with Mr Heifetz? - StormyEyed 08:49 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
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| It was very talky and the staging was inert. Decidedly undramatic. I waited for something to happen, but it didn't. A wonderful violinist provided some atmosphere, but she should have been given more to do. | |
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| re: I agree with StormyEyed's assessment | |
| Posted by: gothamplaygoer 09:10 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
| In reply to: I agree with StormyEyed's assessment - gad90210 09:06 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
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| It's well-intentioned but dramatically inert. | |
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| Thanks to all for comments. | |
| Posted by: ksd 09:24 am EST 02/08/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I agree with StormyEyed's assessment - gothamplaygoer 09:10 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
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