Word: brickly
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...construction crews lay brick upon brick and the architects debate the true meaning of space, I hear the terrifying whirr which no amount of novocaine or promises of soft ice cream will make go away. Thomas J. Slegel, GSAS...
...actual set is simple, consisting of a bed, nighttable, a sofa, and a table set with a bottle of liquor. But it does not stand out on its own. We only notice it when the actors use various props, when Brick fills his cup or when Maggie nervously makes up her face...
Three performances particularly stand out: James Houghton as Brick. Hannah Cox as Maggie, and Jon King as Big Daddy. Each one-envelops his character, letting the lines prompt his actions and reveal his own particular inner turmoil: Houghton's Brick, who is Big Daddy's son and Maggie's husband, drowns himself in alcohol and gradually becomes alive as he is forced to explain why he has turned away from the world and steeped himself in his own self-disgust. Houghton endows Brick with a taut passivity; his physical outlashes stun us with their uncontrollable violence, revealing his character...
...play. King as Big Daddy needs no make-up or accentuated costuming to reveal his character's excessively domineering personality and unwillingness to accept his mortality. King delivers his lines loudly and at times cruelly, revealing Big Daddy's physical strength and his unexpectedly delicate love for Brick...
...resort and being an associate vice president at Harvard, he says, are "actually quite similar." "In both cases, I'm trying to make a large clientele happy. Here, if you don't like the food, you'll take it out on your professor, or if you fall over a brick on the way to class, you can't play hockey in the afternoon. I have to make sure that Harvard has a good physical environment...