| re: Straight Line Crazy May 21, 2022 - Bridge Theatre, London | |
| Posted by: BillEadie 03:56 pm EDT 06/11/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Straight Line Crazy May 21, 2022 - Bridge Theatre, London - MockingbirdGirl 12:13 pm EDT 06/11/22 | |
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| I saw this afternoon’s matinee. I have to admit that the theatre was difficult to find. Even though it has a large sign in bright red letters to identify it, I walked by it once, as it is on the lower level, along the river, while the street level is on the upper level after one passes over the Tower bridge. Eventually, I found the Bridge Theatre, but I was glad that I started early to get there. As for the play, I hadn’t looked at any of the participants other than Mr. Hare, as author, and Mr. Fiennes, as star. I see now that it’s been broadcast to the US already, as part of the National Theatre Live series, but I wasn’t in the US to see it then. I found that play to be very “American,” and I say that with all due respect. It did not read to me as a British “take” on American stories, it struck me as telling a very American story. I went in knowing only that Robert Moses had been criticized for ousting many families out of a neighborhood adjoining Hell’s Kitchen in order to build Lincoln Center. As it turns out, Lincoln Center is mentioned, very briefly, and not paid much mind. The focus was on how Mr. Moses gained power and the controversy he generated in doing so (quite a bit of Act 2 focuses on Mr. Moses’ plan to build a highway under ‘‘Washington Square Park, destroying much in the process). Mr. Fiennes is clearly the star, but Siobhan Cullen and Samuel Barnett are also principal characters. I sat in the stalls and found myself quite far from the stage, mainly because the audience is configured on three sides of the playing space. All in all, it was well worth the trip, “across town” to see this fascinating play. Bill Eadie |
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