Saturday, November 21, 2009
'Little Foxes,' 'Glengarry' leave viewers wanting more
Post Gazette: "Financiers in handcuffs, millions in bonuses to executives of bankrupt companies, mortgages foreclosed, hunger and unemployment on the rise. It's the economy, stupid."
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This is very exciting to see both of these plays being produced in Pittsburgh. They are making a statement about the current economy, which is always much better to see than some fluffy musical with no purpose. This generous review makes me want to see both of these plays, but it excited me more about "Little Foxes" than "Glengarry". Hopefully over thanksgiving I will be able to watch at least one of them.
I just saw the Little Foxes and I couldn't agree more with this article. Although it makes reference to the economy is is completely self contained and doesn't make the audience think about reality today. After I left the show i had no idea "why this play now" and I also had no idea why the play was called little foxes. This review gave me a good background on the title of the play and a little more insight. Although it wasn't a bad production I didn't see the importance and the value in producing it now.
In foundations we recently had a guest come talk to us about writing reviews. I was pleased to see that this review addressed one of the issues that we were taught is most important to notice when doing a review. The issue of identifying what the play was trying to do and wether it was successfully accomplished. This review seems to focus on the issue that staging these specific plays during this time leads us to believe that these plays are making a statement about the current economic situation. However, it seems that they did not make this message very clear to the audience.
I agree with Sarah and wish that this review would give more of an explanation of "why this play now" for the reader other than that it discusses economic issues. Perhaps that question is really only of interest to a select few but I would be interested to see it included in more theatrical reviews. And as Megan pointed out, this article does, however, have an excellent way of making the reader want to see these shows over the holiday weekend.
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