Saturday, September 10, 2011
Taper visits 'Clybourne Park'
Variety: The 2012 season at Center Theater Group's Mark Taper Forum will kick off with a production of "Clybourne Park" that could make a subsequent jump to Broadway, if all the pieces fall into place. According to CTG, Lincoln Center Theater, Scott Rudin and Stuart Thompson are considering moving the L.A. theater's production of the 2011 Pulitzer winner to the Main Stem, should a Gotham theater become available. The Lincoln Center camp emphasized that plans are still in the very early stages.
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Basically, I love Clybourne Park. It is one of the most innovative and captivating plays I have ever seen. The way it in corporates A Raisin in the Sun is amazing, but then it also relates it back to modern day and discusses racial issues we have today. Bruce Norris' writing is witty and funny, but also brings true emotion into the play and characters. Basically, if anyone has a chance, read or see this play. It's so worth it. And it makes me happy that it's become so popular.
A production of this show was done this summer in DC at Woolly Mammoth Theatre and within a day of Opening they were completely sold out for the run. I think the fact that people are again open to seeing the so called "heavy plays" or "dramas" as opposed to just the flashy musicals on Broadway is a positive sign. Agreeing with Sophie, the play itself is incredibly strong and with the right cast can lead to a thought provoking and even disturbing night of theatre. I hope that many shows of merit like this one can find their way up to NY to again create a healthy balance of content on Broadway.
I saw this play in its original run at Playwrights Horizons in New York. It is a play that not only talks about issues that affect us all, but it puts in in a light-hearted frame that makes it accessible to all.
It is only a well written play that can have you laughing one moment only to realize what you were laughing at was not actually funny, but actually horrifying in its portrayal of real life.
I think that paired with an amazing creative team and cast, this show could make a huge splash in the theatre world and the types of shows we see people flocking to see.
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