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TECHNOLOGY: Ken Baierlein, Hope Almash, David Richardson (Managers); Nora Jupiter, Kevin Kelly, George Mendel, Peter K. Niceberg, Michael M. Sheehan, Lamarr Tsufura...
...NORA Theater at the Union...
Eric C. Engel, as director of the Nora Theatre Company's production, makes his strongest artistic decision in the scenic design. Paying close attention to the "everyman" theme, Engel places the audience in a three-quarter round seating area, The kitchen is in the center of the stage space, and the two bedrooms, for Willy and his wife Linda and for the boys, are tucked into corners to the audience. This places the audience inside Willy's home instead of a position outside from which they would detachedly 'watch' the events in the household. Here the audience is made...
...Everyman" story of a straight, white,white-collar, urban man doesn't appeal to a largeenough audience and a diverse enough sensibilityfor the '90s. In their program, the Nora assertsthat '...have sought out plays that jostle ourhearts and minds and have attempted to producethem in ways that reveal our common humanity." Butthe "common humanity" is not adequatedlyrepresented in the "Everyman" characterized byWilly Loman. At most, then, this well-doneproduction of a bland play can only remind us,true to its intention, that the theatrical spacesometimes is meant for bland characters and blandstories. Despite the well-intentioned attempts ofthe theatrical setting...
TECHNOLOGY: Ken Baierlein (Manager); Nora Jupiter, Kevin Kelly, George Mendel, Peter K. Niceberg, Michael M. Sheehan, Lamarr Tsufura...