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...Play” is almost the wrong word for what is to occur there—“production” is much more fitting for this expressionist happening. Landmarks on stage are eschewed for two panes of glass, and everything is either white or clear. The stage??s distinguishing mark is its emptiness...
...ingenuity (Dürrenmatt’s script, I am told, details nothing about staging), the sanitorium structure that enfolds the stage is a marvel that not only testifies to an unimaginable amount of work hours, but to a well-thought aesthetic. The centerpiece of the stage??a raised bath—is a brilliant addition and put to regular and effective dramatic use. By the same token, the lighting and sound design are seamlessly and professionally integrated into the rest of the production. Finally, the show’s costumers deserve considerable credit for their very good...
During these forceful interludes, the entire band would scream and howl while jumping around and pounding the stage??obviously designed to make more sense while wearing animal costumes, but effective nonetheless. Overall, the Collective produced a triumphant, celebratory sound that produced a ritualistic exhilaration that invited the listener back to the uncertainty and wonder of a child’s exploration of all that is new and beautiful in the world...
...expected, the directing is commendable. Though the onstage action at times neared chaos—while hustlers swagger down the sidewalk, a loud fight erupts in the café, and junkies shoot heroin in another corner of the stage??Zigler’s direction made clear when and where the audience should focus its primary attention. Indeed, those moments when action suddenly stopped to showcase characters’ monologues, some of which were directed to the audience as omniscient asides, or to frame absurdist humor (a song and dance number about hustling) were dramatically effective and seamlessly executed...
...droned on from the back rows, building and building in mellifluous synchronization until its climax in the draft’s second round. Everyone, feeling the void left by Layden, joined in. As the “VIP” section—a vast area surrounding the stage??began to empty out, leaving only various foreign draft picks and hardcore VIPs, the people from the Section 300’s of MSG filed in as if the third-class passengers had overtaken the deck of the Titanic. And in a beautifully coordinated scheme, the ESPN crew?...