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| re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) | |
| Posted by: writerkev 06:27 am EST 11/27/18 | |
| In reply to: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) - bobby2 01:41 am EST 11/27/18 | |
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| She was part of the perfect ensemble of “The Big Meal” at Playwrights Horizons a few years ago. The play broke my heart and is one of the highlights of my theatregoing experiences. Everyone in it played different characters throughout several generations, and it spoke to me so deeply, in the primal way of myth. Her final scene had much of the audience sobbing. | |
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| re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) | |
| Posted by: Ann 08:17 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) - writerkev 06:27 am EST 11/27/18 | |
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| Now you're making me feel disappointed again to have missed this production. The play doesn't seem to have found a life in the regions. | |
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| re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) | |
| Posted by: writerkev 08:48 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) - Ann 08:17 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
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| The play was (to my mind) sadly under-appreciated by critics, so I don’t think audiences ever really found it, which is a terrible shame. I don’t even think it extended its engagement at the small upstairs theatre at Playwrights. Maybe someday it will be rediscovered. | |
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| re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) | |
| Posted by: Erik_Haagensen 03:18 pm EST 11/28/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) - writerkev 08:48 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
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| This critic loved THE BIG MEAL, and I've linked below to my review for Backstage. I also voted for it on the first ballot for the 2012 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play, but, alas, I was the sole vote, so the play didn't make it to the later ballot rounds. | |
| Link | Backstage Review of THE BIG MEAL |
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| re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) | |
| Posted by: writerkev 04:11 pm EST 11/28/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) - Erik_Haagensen 03:18 pm EST 11/28/18 | |
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| Thanks, Erik. I enjoyed reading the review. | |
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| re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:25 pm EST 11/28/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) - writerkev 04:11 pm EST 11/28/18 | |
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| I also enjoyed reading the review, Erik. I really loved that play, and I hope to get to see it in future productions, although I can't imagine any production would ever be better than, or even as good as, the one at Playwrights Horizons. | |
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| re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) | |
| Last Edit: davei2000 10:18 am EST 11/28/18 | |
| Posted by: davei2000 10:16 am EST 11/28/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) - writerkev 08:48 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
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| I hope so. I'd love to see this again, with Anita Gillette if possible! Apparently it was done in Bristol, England in 2016...by a very young cast...The trailer has some charm... |
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| Link | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q91zFaVgiMA |
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| re: Similar experience here.... nm | |
| Posted by: SuzanneR 07:47 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) - writerkev 06:27 am EST 11/27/18 | |
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| re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) | |
| Posted by: drummergirl 02:25 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) - writerkev 06:27 am EST 11/27/18 | |
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| Oh, that was a beautiful play, writerkev. Heartbreaking but beautiful. | |
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| re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:20 pm EST 11/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did you ever see Anita Gillette on stage (other than the play last year) - writerkev 06:27 am EST 11/27/18 | |
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| Writerkev, I wholeheartedly agree with you about THE BIG MEAL -- a perfect cast in a wonderful production of a great new play. I have told Anita many times how much I loved it and how it made me cry. I recently got to meet Griffin Birney, who played one of the kids in the show, and I told him as well. | |
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