Tuesday, March 08, 2011
‘Prometheus Bound’ Gets a Rock Treatment at American Rep
NYTimes.com: "In Aeschylus’ “Prometheus Bound” the title character is punished for stealing fire and giving it to humans. For the playwright Steven Sater the idea of having one’s life altered by flames is intensely personal.
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This looks amazing. Listening to the Shirley Manson song right now. The music is dark and smokey. Kind of a fitting for a guy who is chained to rock for stealing fire. If you look at the pictures you can see that the performers are literally on top of the audience and they surround Prometheus' rock. Great way to force audiences' into a story about a Titan who gave knowledge and insight to humanity. Never got a chance to see Spring Awakening but looks like the a similiar artistic collaborative equation is at work here. Great to see powerful and often overlooked pieces get reinvented for contemporay audiences.
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