tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post1319693340921214903..comments2023-09-29T04:00:21.951-07:00Comments on followspot: Mariela in the Desertfollowspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05390128032621439981noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-31930723314168470272007-10-13T06:48:00.000-07:002007-10-13T06:48:00.000-07:00Just to clarify Ben's earlier comment about Kurt C...Just to clarify Ben's earlier comment about Kurt Conroyd...he is wonderful...but he is in the play for about 10 minutes. The other 110 minutes were really quite wonderful. Olga Sanchez is dynamic. Newcomer Phil Stockton is fierce as the father. The entire cast just kept my attention all the way through the play. <BR/><BR/>This production is visually stunning!!! The music is beautiful. I see that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-90467548093507201642007-10-11T11:57:00.000-07:002007-10-11T11:57:00.000-07:00Give me a passionate new play like MARIELA IN THE ...Give me a passionate new play like MARIELA IN THE DESERT any day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-80135389221395867872007-10-09T11:32:00.000-07:002007-10-09T11:32:00.000-07:00I'm not sure the play entirely works as written, b...I'm not sure the play entirely works as written, but this is a fine, fine production. Terrific acting all around, and Milagro's usual crack tech work -- set, lighting, sound all wondrous for this fairly tiny space. I hope we get to see a lot more of Olga on stage instead of behind (all around?) it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-28031930544886625292007-09-29T13:51:00.000-07:002007-09-29T13:51:00.000-07:00I've never posted here before...but toda I had to....I've never posted here before...but toda I had to. No Echo? I can't get MARIELA IN THE DESERT out of my head. Saw it yesterday. I also loved it. Ms. Sanchez's performance is outstanding. But what a great role and what a complex play. It's echoes A Long Day's Journey into Night. What I like is that Mariela is her own worse enemy. That she is the main obstacle to her creativity. So many moments Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-58030665950813643482007-09-29T11:40:00.000-07:002007-09-29T11:40:00.000-07:00Beautiful sophisticated production of a beautiful ...Beautiful sophisticated production of a beautiful sophisticated script. The language, the build-up through flashback, the volcanic erruption at the end...a mystery with depth. <BR/>Most plays start with promise and piddle out at the end...this one builds and builds and the end is full of hope and despair. I found the play to be full of humour, but it's not "light"...it's about things that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-80704244265051225942007-09-28T12:36:00.000-07:002007-09-28T12:36:00.000-07:00Kurt's movement work is astonishing. I've never se...Kurt's movement work is astonishing. I've never seen a more convincing depiction of autism on stage. I have a cousin with severe autism, and he uses exactly the same gestures. It was shocking, and touching, to watch. Bravo!Ben Waterhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07408170419990410576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-11887566815159749612007-09-24T23:09:00.000-07:002007-09-24T23:09:00.000-07:00I think Kurt is cute in this picture.I think Kurt is cute in this picture.tcaffallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424678841799839050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-5524408280211253462007-09-24T20:01:00.000-07:002007-09-24T20:01:00.000-07:00Saw it opening night. LOVED it. It was indeed a li...Saw it opening night. LOVED it. It was indeed a lighter story than I had expected, but that was kind of nice. I thought it could have been directed and acted with a far-too-heavy hand, and it wasn't. Charming, funny, tragic...all when it needed to be. Great performance from the whole cast. And I look forward to seeing Olga in front of the curtain from here on. Nice direction from Mr. Sonera. A Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com