Tuesday, November 29, 2011

SCREW YOUR COURAGE TO THE STICKING-PLACE, AND WE'LL NOT FAIL:  Alan Cumming is Macbeth.  And Lady Macbeth. And Banquo, MacDuff, and everyone else in a one-man production of the Scottish play he'll bring to Lincoln Center next July.

11 comments:

  1. That sounds excessively psychotic to me.

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  2. Emily7:57 PM

    I am very excited about this, and yes, I do believe that, "Alan Cumming [is] having a better time than pretty much everyone else."

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  3. 1.  Let's be honest, if I'm going to see a freaky production of Macbeth, it's probably going to be Sleep No More (which I really need to get around to already--anyone want to go with me)?

    2.  If I'm going to see a one man Shakespeare, it'd be One Man Hamlet

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  4. lisased10:05 PM

    It'll be hard to top Teller's production of "Macbeth" at the Folger, but I think I'm in for this one.

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  5. Matt, you must see Sleep No More, it's totally bizarre and wonderful. And why should you only see one freaky production of Macbeth?

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  6. Eric J.9:28 AM

    Will he smash a mirror underneath a ladder with a black cat during the performance?

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  7. A. J. Hartley wrote an audiobook called "MacBeth-a Novel which was narrated by Alan Cummins.  He was interviewed on Monday at Charlote Talks WFAE radio. 

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  8. The Other Kate2:29 PM

    God, I love Soapdish.

    As it happens, I have seen a one-man Hamlet from Robert Lepage. "Hamlet" dueling "Laertes" was probably my favorite part: advance-advance-advance with right profile to audience; then behind a tapestry and flip around to advance-advance-advance with left profile to the audience.

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  9. gretchen2:29 PM

    Totally agree with Emily - Sleep No More is fun and freaky and slips into your subconscious and sticks there.  Go see it!  I actually think it's better solo -- my group and I got split up and had very different experiences, and it would have been really hard to stick together through the whole evening.

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  10. Genevieve4:56 PM

    That was my favorite Macbeth ever in person (favorite on DVD was David Tennant / Patrick Stewart, though the Teller one is good on DVD too).  Knock knock.  Who's there?  INTERRUPTING HELLHOUND!!!! (jumped right on top of me, almost)

    But I definitely would love to see this as well!

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  11. Emily5:57 PM

    Gretchen is right, let yourself get separated from the group and enjoy the experience solo.

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