That Antigone was gorgeous -- I need to write it up.
Please do! I'd like to read your take.
The chorus, especially, was absolutely stunning.
Yes. And very true to a classical Greek chorus, telling the story with their bodies as well as their voices.
(My understanding is that, due to a series of unforeseen events, this Creon is in fact the production's third Creon and only had two weeks before the production to start learning his part. He and the directors are doing their best with a bad hand; I hope he gets strong enough to match Antigone in the middle by the last week of the run.)
I had actually wondered if he was a late substitution precisely because it was so strange to see an ensemble so tight except for one performer, but I had no information: thanks! Yikes. He will do very well if he can get on top of his lines; he had the right affect, just not the security and therefore no leeway to respond and react as well as get through.
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Please do! I'd like to read your take.
The chorus, especially, was absolutely stunning.
Yes. And very true to a classical Greek chorus, telling the story with their bodies as well as their voices.
(My understanding is that, due to a series of unforeseen events, this Creon is in fact the production's third Creon and only had two weeks before the production to start learning his part. He and the directors are doing their best with a bad hand; I hope he gets strong enough to match Antigone in the middle by the last week of the run.)
I had actually wondered if he was a late substitution precisely because it was so strange to see an ensemble so tight except for one performer, but I had no information: thanks! Yikes. He will do very well if he can get on top of his lines; he had the right affect, just not the security and therefore no leeway to respond and react as well as get through.