Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Impressions of the - temporarily empty - Habima auditorium
Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News: Until now, we have only seen the Habima building from the outside. I must admit that the large white cube that suddenly appeared at the end of Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard, around the large aquarium that concealed within it what was once Habima Theater, initially seemed to me rather frightening and repelling. Over time I got used to it. From the outside it actually does not look that bad as the end of the renovation approaches.
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The author of this article did a fairly good job describing the newly renovated Habima auditorium, labeled the national theatre, in Israel. It seemed however that he was not incredibly fond of the space, as he focused more on its limitations (lack of orchestra pit, fixed seating) than its merits. I would like to read a second article that raves about the new Habima theatre in contrast. I found the part at the end of the article about the quality of shows produced interesting. The author said that the quality of shows in the past had not been overly high, and that now that there is a brand new space they have no more excuses and the shows have to be great quality. It would be interesting to see if there is in fact a dramatic shift now that they have an entirely new playhouse, or if it will just be more of the same.
I agree with Margaret. I feel that it will be interesting to see a change in how their productions change based of the new theatre. The quality might not be the greatest, but it is nice to hear about theatre around the world. It is also sup rising to here that this is the national theatre in Israel. The feeling of the theatre and the need for the renovation will hopefully pull people into the productions and benefit them on their uprise to hopefully more interesting productions and a more hear felt article by the writer.
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