Sunday, September 13, 2009
Where Is the East Side of Chicago? On New York Stages
NYTimes.com: "THE New York theater often seems to speak exclusively in a British accent, so prevalent are London imports on Broadway stages. But this season the distinct flavor of the biggest city in America’s Midwest will make itself known, with Chicago-bred playwrights and directors involved in several major productions. Even a pair of big-time international movie stars — one British and one Australian — will be wrapping their vocal chords around the flat vowels and colorful argot of a pair of Chicago cops, as Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman supply the fall season its biggest jolt of star power in “A Steady Rain,” a taut two-hander by the new-to-New York playwright Keith Huff that is making the leap from a small Chicago stage to the Main Stem."
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Chicago has such a fantastic theatrical community that is less commercialized than New York but still has enough money for fantastic productions. It is also nice to hear that there are some new plays in New York which are not based on a movie but instead come from creative theatrical stock. Then again most plays are not based on movies (un-like musicals) and sadly Broadway doesn't seem to have room for a non-musical production. The fact that New York theatre has become so much about entertainment recently makes it hard for a show that, although interesting, doesn't have a 5 millions dollar set with flying monkeys and a Phil Collins score. I guess my point is that although its nice that good theatrical work is being exported to New York I really don't see the point. Broadway is not the best of the best and Chicago can be, and is, the home of fantastic top of the line theatre. They don't have to answer to New York at all.
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