Wednesday, February 03, 2010
'alice ... Alice ... ALICE!' - Lewis Carroll’s Classic, in a Stately Brooklyn Church
NYTimes.com: "Clearly, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” is having a moment: in December Syfy broadcast the mini-series “Alice,” a reworking of Lewis Carroll’s classic; Tim Burton’s cinematic take arrives in March; and in Midtown Manhattan, Firecat Productions is offering an adult twist. In Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the Irondale Ensemble Project is presenting “alice ... Alice ... ALICE!,” a modest production capitalizing on the troupe’s home, a former Sunday school space in the magnificent Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church."
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I wish I could get home to see this. I can see this doing really well in Fort Greene, it's become quite an artsy area in the past few years. Also, the Brooklyn Academy of Music is in this neighborhood, so there is already an audience going to Fort Greene. I think it's great that such random spaces are being used for theatre, and it has always been something that has interested me a lot. There is a lot of theatre in random spaces in New York, and it has always been my favorite type, it often does really well with young New Yorkers. I also think it was really smart to produce this play right before Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland comes out because so many people are thinking about the story, and would want to see different interpretations of it.
I agree, I love the choice of space, and it fits the story as well. A story that speaks volumes about so many different things and has such strong substance doesn't need all the dazzle that Tim Burton will inevitably bring. All that is good and fine, but this is a nice path to take as well. Also, Lewis Carroll was a Reverend? Did I miss that/hear it correctly? I think it's terribly ironic then that this is taking place in a church. I love Alice and Wonderland but I know I don't truly understand a lot of it. That's why I think this production is unlike a lot of others. It has so much depth that you could reproduce the story and adapt it in 1,000 different ways, and each one could tell something different. I really wish I could see this version too.
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