Ibsen the comedian

[chelidon]

I admire the playwright and director Lee Breuer -- his style, his panache, his chutzpah, his originality, and his ability to manifest. When he got his MacArthur Fellowship, he was one of those who I felt really totally deserved it. So he and the Mabou Mines are doing their odd comedic interpretation of Ibsen's The Doll House (no kidding) here this week. Yum. Hmm, if Claudia's up to it, that could be a nice welcome home, but we'll see...

Little-known fact (I think), that she and I first met through a production that I was in and she was stage-managing, and our first date was out to see Jack Heifner's Vanities. I still have the ticket stub stored away somewhere.

[EDIT: Claudia said "go for it" -- we have 2nd row center seats :>

Here's a decent piece (well, the writing is clunky, but the content is good) from one of our local papers about the production -- I note the graf near the end about how even Breuer can't make this kind of thing self-supporting. It's a tribute to his dedication to his art, and a rather sad comment on the state of avant-garde theatre in the U.S.]

Comments

[ravenhbh.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a wonderful production. And you sure don't have to tell me about how difficult it is to support oneself in Theatre. Even with an MFA and a union card - and I was a stage manager (I never knew that about Claudia and you - how cool!).

It's a sad commentary not only on the state of avant-garde theatre in the US, but on the arts in general, and what we as a society consider our priorities.

Sigh.

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Ah-yup. Hey, who's the uber-cute pooch?!

[ravenhbh.livejournal.com]

That would be Natasha, our dog. I swear that if anyone were to break into our house, we'd catch them because she would insist they stay and play with her (for what else are humans good for anyway?). Part chow, part-retriever, part-shepherd, part-husky, part most any other dog type depending on the day (pretty sure no chihuahua, though).

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Heh. She's gorgeous!

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

But Sven supported himself in avant-garde theatre, right? Well, okay, lighting for pro wrestling, but that counts as theatre... ;>