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| NEW OFF-BROADWAY REVIEW - "THE REFUGE PLAYS" | |
| Posted by: T.B._Admin. 09:02 pm EDT 10/11/23 | |
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| Marc Miller takes a look at The Refuge Plays from Roundabout Theatre Company and New York Theatre Workshop: Think "family play"–I Remember Mama or Life with Father or even August: Osage County. Stretch it out a couple of generations. Then make the family poor and Black and transport them to the backwoods of southern Illinois, and you might have something like The Refuge Plays, Nathan Alan Davis's eloquent exploration of familial conflicts, traditions, and resiliency. Really three one-acts, the Roundabout Theatre Company / New York Theatre Workshop joint production at the Laura Pels is three and a half hours, and it's not too long. |
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| re: NEW OFF-BROADWAY REVIEW - "THE REFUGE PLAYS" | |
| Posted by: huskyital 11:53 am EDT 10/12/23 | |
| In reply to: NEW OFF-BROADWAY REVIEW - "THE REFUGE PLAYS" - T.B._Admin. 09:02 pm EDT 10/11/23 | |
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| I saw the show Yesterdays matinee. I was concerned because of his 3 1/2 hour length but I was not bored.. it uses the same device as merrily we roll along, going back in time, each act. Only one character will appear in 03 acts. The problem is there are so many really interesting characters who only appear in either the first act or the second act, and is the one remaining character. All that interesting to be the remaining one on stage.? I would say it is worth seeing. On another note, I did see the production of merrily we roll along in London, and I have to say I did not find it fully satisfying. I understand that it is supposed to be more poignant. Having the characters go back in time, but I thought to myself I would like to see it sometime the other way around. Hopefully the new production which I intend to see will be more satisfying the way it was written. |
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