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...Martin] was really interested in making the Huntington more pertinent to American theater as a whole, to the artists who lived and worked in this city and to the American playwright,” says Ilana Brownstein, the Huntington’s literary manager, whom Martin hired. “We don’t look to do experimental, directorial-vision plays, which the ART does. Our theater looks toward the playwright and the play as text: How do we mount a production that is not experimental, but reimagines...
...smaller venues are better suited for new plays, says Brownstein, because they minimize the pressure of filling seats and generating revenue. “To put a new play in a 900-seat house, you’re sort of damning it already. You probably want to put that play where it has a chance to grow and find its audience,” Brownstein says...
...like things to be shared. Everything is democratic,” said Brownstein, who splits lead vocals with Tucker and backup with Weiss. The taut interplay between the three is the band’s greatest strength: Tucker’s massive quiver is braced by Brownstein’s sonorous shouts, while Weiss is a unrelenting rhythmic bulwark...
It’s also built from consideration. At the Roxy, when Brownstein complained about the gusts of cold air blowing from the vents, the audience, muggy with dancing fervor, registered its protest with yelps. “Okay, if you guys are too hot, we’ll keep it on,” said Brownstein obligingly. “We’ll just have to whip ourselves into a frenzy...
...vocals, usually demure or arresting, harsh or sweetly harmonized, were frustratingly muffled by technical maladjustments. The women were unfazed: Tucker, coy and roaring in pink polka dots and fishnets; Weiss, vigilant with the beat; Brownstein, lean and robust, expertly brandishing her guitar...