tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post115694879921691442..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: "A Streep Cart Named Desire"Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1157386244054891002006-09-04T12:10:00.000-04:002006-09-04T12:10:00.000-04:00hey Garrett--i liked the show more than you did, t...hey Garrett--<BR/><BR/>i liked the show more than you did, though i agree that George Wolf's direction was surprisingly uninspired. Feingold's review was a little curmudgeonly, i thought, spending more time on what <I>he</I> would have done than on what it was that this production/adaptation was setting out to do and the degree to which those goals were acheived.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1157131673798260172006-09-01T13:27:00.000-04:002006-09-01T13:27:00.000-04:00If you count out-of-towners, Toby Zinman (whom you...If you count out-of-towners, Toby Zinman (whom your links above prove is a woman) http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/entertainment/weekend/15328659.htm<BR/>And of course Barbara Siegel is one half of a tireless team: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/siegelcolumn/22.htmlRob Weinert-Kendthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015688507553252146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1157131322003517512006-09-01T13:22:00.000-04:002006-09-01T13:22:00.000-04:00Actually you can add Alexis Greene to the list of ...Actually you can add Alexis Greene to the list of female critics who weighed in:<BR/>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003020918Rob Weinert-Kendthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015688507553252146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1156954886442511722006-08-30T12:21:00.000-04:002006-08-30T12:21:00.000-04:00Good point about John Simon. He's not young--just...Good point about John Simon. He's not young--just a conservative! And I would expect a Brecht-hatah, so maybe his rave should be suspect! (Or maybe his National Review/Bloomberg credentials are balanced by his mitteleuropan sensibilities.)<BR/><BR/>I don't deny Streep is a class-A trooper and a great actress. Again, I think Feingold captures just the right mix of admiration for and disappointment in her performance.<BR/><BR/>As for female critics--the (sadly) two on record are suitably split. Newsday's Linda Weiner is negative and USA Today's Elysa Gardner is thumbs-up.<BR/><BR/>See:<BR/>http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/stage/ny-etmother4859726aug22,0,1669688.story?coll=ny-theater-headlines<BR/><BR/>http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/reviews/2006-08-21-mother-courage_x.htmPlaygoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1156949579603846622006-08-30T10:52:00.000-04:002006-08-30T10:52:00.000-04:00John Simon is no spring chicken.Brecht did not act...John Simon is no spring chicken.<BR/>Brecht did not actually mean a whole lot in the US in the 60s and 70s. Unlike in England (and Latin America and elsewhere), in the US it was Artaud and Grotowski who had the most influence.<BR/><BR/>btw have any women reviewed the show? I wonder if they see it differently. ARE there any women reviewing seriously anywhere any more?<BR/><BR/>Finally, re your earlier complaints about Shakespeare in the Park banking on movie stars instead of lesser known theater people (I think that was your argument): Last night the show went on despite constant rain for the first two hours or more. Streep gave her all. You could feel her delivering to an audience she knew had waited hours in the rain for tickets and now was sitting in the rain. She wasn't going to let them down. She was sopping wet by the intermission. A lesser actor would have called it off. The stage manager delayed the curtain by almost half an hour and called a 10-minute rain pause after the first scene, so Streep certainly had a chance to be a diva. Instead, she was a real stage trooper, full of commitment and generosity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com