May 23, 2007
From the desk of Jane Galt:In other news
If you are in the Washington DC area, you should go see Jenufa, if it's still playing at the Kennedy Center, and you should definitely check out Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at the Studio Theater. More on the latter later, possibly, when I am not babbling incoherently from exhaustion. Possibly: even on video! Meanwhile, buy your tickets. Tom Stoppard is always brilliant, and probably my favourite living playwright (read into that what you will), but the staging of this one is particularly well done, and several of the performances are exceptionally good.
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I also agree about Tom Stoppard. Always worth seeing.
Posted by: Larry, San Francisco on May 23, 2007 2:35 PMre: Rosenkrantz et.
I haven't been able to see it on stage. But the movie was clever and hilarious. For one reason or another it was not publicized or shown widely.
Review the story line of Hamlet first.
Posted by: K on May 23, 2007 3:24 PMThe movie had its shot--too cold and intellectual. An existential duo flitting about the corners of Hamlet is a tough sell. (Hamlet is a tough sell.) Don't hold your breath waiting for a silver screen version of Arcadia.
By the way, it's Rosencrantz.
Posted by: Larry on May 23, 2007 4:44 PM