Thanks for the links. Nice notices for Morena.

chazman | May 25, 22:22 CET

This is my first post, so I hope I'm doing it right! I went to see this a couple of weeks ago. The acting was very good all around and I would have liked to see all those performers in the original Seagull. I didn't think the play translated very well to the modern day, and after watching it my friends and I were left wondering why anybody would want to put on a mediocre rewrite of Chekhov (although it looks like the reviewers thought it was better than I did). But was fun to watch in any case, and Morena's performance was lovely and quite heartbreaking. She looked perfect for the part, but I felt a bit badly for her in an early scene when she had to walk through the audience and onto the stage wearing just a tiny wet nightie. I think maybe they got a little carried away with the hotness of their actress.

catherine | May 25, 22:46 CET

I'll be in my bunk.

Mort | May 26, 01:41 CET

Off to buy tickets...

chazman | May 26, 02:26 CET

What they said. (Although I'm sure Morena is terrific.) Welcome, catherine.

doghouse | May 26, 05:00 CET

Ack, Morena shouldn't be hidden away in musty theaters where I can't see her! But on the silver screen :)

Pumps | May 26, 16:46 CET

Thanks for the link, misnomer; we've been thinking about giving this a go next weekend. McCarter is around the corner from us, and is no "musty theater," I promise! I've resolved to stop blowing off shows there that look interesting after a particularly painful blunder.

(Years ago, I read a positive review of a McCarter play whose ticket sales were low. The reviewer fussed over the extraordinary and intense performance by the show's lead actor. The accompanying photo of the performer intrigued me and I kept thinking... I gotta go see this guy. Never did. Then then that actor showed up on a new White House drama as Josh Lyman... who quickly became my TV-husband. Lesson learned.)

Welcome, Catherine!

barest_smidgen | May 26, 19:44 CET

I second both the "McCarter is not musty" and the "I want to see Morena in movies" sentiments . It's a really nice theater and the staging of this production was well done. We were sitting right at the front and they've built a kind of faux-dock around the beach. I was resting my feet against it at one point (bad me) and got scolded in the intermission--a woman came and told me "it's not like your dock at home." My dock at home???? Kind of a wealthy crowd in Princeton.

Thank you for the welcomes! You should definitely go see it, barest_smidgen. Brian Murray is another highlight, besides the lovely Morena.

catherine | May 26, 20:58 CET