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| "Lazarus" tonight (Spoilers) | |
| Posted by: | student_rush 11:25 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| Really? Is this the best that the NYTW, David Bowie, Edna Walsh, and Ivo van Hove can come up with? Completely fine performances but this play is a non-event. Barely any plot. Zero characterizations. To call this "vague" or "abstract" would be a gross exaggeration. I don't need a linear plot as long as the play is captivating, and wow oh wow this play is not. The new orchestrations sap the music of their energy. The aimless direction doesn't elevate the banal text. The supporting characters were annoying. Irritating. The design was bland. And why is this play "American Psycho" meets "The Lovely Bones?" What? Complete waste of a night (and not a small amount of money). The entire time I wish I was rewatching Hall do 'Hedwig.' Now that was a good goddamn show. | |
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| I'm glad for anyone who enjoyed Lazarus... | |
| Posted by: | gad90210 11:37 am EST 12/23/15 |
| In reply to: | "Lazarus" tonight (Spoilers) - student_rush 11:25 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| because who wants to go to the theater and not enjoy the show? That is a bummer. Yet I feel exactly the same as Student_Rush about Lazarus. The only saving grace for me was Michael C. Hall. He's always fun to watch. The rest of it was just a mess. I am shocked that the reviews were so favorable. | |
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| re: "Lazarus" tonight (Spoilers) | |
| Posted by: | Budinsky 03:21 pm EST 12/22/15 |
| In reply to: | "Lazarus" tonight (Spoilers) - student_rush 11:25 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| The (male) co-author's first name is Enda, not Edna. | |
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| re: "Lazarus" tonight (Spoilers) | |
| Posted by: | Cainebj 06:49 am EST 12/22/15 |
| In reply to: | "Lazarus" tonight (Spoilers) - student_rush 11:25 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| I am not going to disagree with everything you say, but I would hardly call it a complete waste of a night. I AM going to disagree with you about the orchestrations which I think are magnificent and remind me of the stuff that Bowie did with Brian Eno back in the day. For me, Michael C Hall and Sophia Anne Caruso's performances are captivating. I will agree the script and direction are pretty lacking. When I was leaving the theatre the other day I overheard someone saying "it was trying to hard to be art" - which kind of made me laugh. It IS art. Now whether or not anyone is going to like this particular piece of art is another story. Personally, I went with it. | |
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| re: "Lazarus" tonight (Spoilers) | |
| Posted by: | student_rush 08:53 am EST 12/22/15 |
| In reply to: | re: "Lazarus" tonight (Spoilers) - Cainebj 06:49 am EST 12/22/15 |
| Thinking more about the orchestrations, perhaps my real issue with with the sound design - I felt it stifled the band and created the same sort of "artificial speaking voice" effect that plagued the Workshop's earlier production of "The Events." | |
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