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...chess is a metaphor for the relationships.” says co-producer Sarah E. Downer ’04. These relationships are not merely the results of entanglements of nationalist agendas, but also the everyday consequences of Cold War politics. The musical takes a darker look at the characters?? romances and the ways in which they mask their (occasionally unwanted) everyday realities...
...interpretation La Dispute brings an old play into the modern day. When it premiered in 1744 at the Comédie-Française, La Dispute had only a one-night run; Marivaux has languished in obscurity for some two hundred years since. While critics generally acknowledged the characters?? witty dialogue, they have dismissed Marivaux’s works as light, fluffy and superficial—a perception which Bogart hopes to counteract...
...gilded gold frame looms high above the stage, hanging from invisible fish line. A pile of oriental rugs, an aging piano and a giant chicken wire sculpture reflect the clutter of the characters?? minds...
Kanter is loathe, however, to make the audience feel like it is “at a concert,” so there is only one point where the action stops completely and the cast of characters??a motley crew of jazz club musicians—stop and listen to a particularly integral song. This moment at the climax of the play “shows what the music means to the group,” explains Kanter, echoing Clifford’s final musing in the play on the lives of the side...
Ultimately, however, the pleasure of seeing the characters?? two worlds diverge and then intertwine makes up for some of the more belabored moments. Horn’s compelling use of language to evoke both the ancient and the modern together offer a gratifying read...