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re: I find their productions brilliant under covid
Last Edit: whereismikeyfl 05:22 pm EDT 03/17/21
Posted by: whereismikeyfl 05:11 pm EDT 03/17/21
In reply to: I find their productions brilliant under covid - dramedy 04:45 pm EDT 03/17/21

I saw their production of The Weir, which in spite of a strong cast was very dull. Maybe it would have been different with a more dynamic production, but I found the whole mechanics of how they tried to achieve "reality" were distracting and did a lot to drain the life out of the play. When you see strong reading/productions like the Actor's Fund Barbecue (with only a few bells and whistles) and Boston Marriage, or productions like the Wilma's Heroes of the Fourth Turning and any of the closet productions of Theater in Quarentine, it is hard to take the distractingly fake reality of Irish Rep.
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I liked the weir more than on stage.
Posted by: dramedy 06:05 pm EDT 03/17/21
In reply to: re: I find their productions brilliant under covid - whereismikeyfl 05:11 pm EDT 03/17/21

I saw a local production years ago and was bored with the long monologues. I actually enjoyed Irish rep better on my couch. I think the only one that I didn’t was meet me in at Louis. But part of that was the severe editing of the broadway score that has been done over the years—I was surprised at the number of songs dropped, but I can’t blame Irish rep for using the latest version of the show.
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