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...production evolves, nonetheless, seems to belong almost exclusively to the actors. There is no lighting, no sound, no set; the only real evidence of staging are the lazy circles that the actors draw around each other as they pace the grass of the courtyard. And while Anouilh's script can certainly support a minimalist production, this one struggles to establish any sense of atmosphere. It is difficult to forget that one is in the middle of Adams House. The costuming is confusing: most costumes are appropriately spare, but they range incongruously from a generic pink Elizabethan dress for Harrington...
Additionally, elitist though it may be to say, performing the play in English instead of French automatically robs some of the truest life of Anouilh's words. Sawyer has not done a tremendous amount to reinvigorate the script and turn her production from a fine staged reading into an evocative drama. This Antigone is rich in ideas but never comes around to engaging the senses...
Osment, now shooting Steven Spielberg's A.I., is a new old pro. "I read the script one night before I went to bed and knew right away it was good, quality material," he says. "It left me feeling empowered with this mission that maybe that sort of thing is possible...
...quick shoot, do you abide strictly by the script or do you allow your actors to improv...
...auditions and we said, "Oh my God, the kid is rewriting the script and it's better. It's funnier...