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discofunction.livejournal.comSuccess! Met #RobertSeanLeonard today, 15 years after my first meeting. pic.twitter.com/yTVIaM4fRu
— Dana Grace (@Dana283) 20 March 2016
She also posted a 'then and now' photo on her tumblr with a photo of the first time she met him: http://dgrace29.tumblr.com/post/141408854152/this-afternoon-i-was-able-to-complete-my-then-and
Oh No! Get Well Soon RSL!!
Mar. 18th, 2016 09:15 amdiscofunction.livejournal.comGet well soon, #RobertSeanLeonard! Tonight's performance of #ProdigalSon will include Baylen Thomas in the role of Alan Hoffman
— MTC (@MTC_NYC) March 17, 2016
ETA: Update:
He's just a little under the weather and will be back on stage asap! https://t.co/29rFZW0Lzg
— MTC (@MTC_NYC) March 18, 2016
cuddyclothes.livejournal.comReview Roundup: John Patrick Shanley's PRODIGAL SON Opens at MTC
Each excerpt links back to the full review. I was a bit surprised at how positive most of them were. But to each their own.http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-John-Patrick-Shanleys-PRODIGAL-SON-Opens-at-MTC-20160209
Review of "Prodigal Son"
Feb. 25th, 2016 09:33 pmcuddyclothes.livejournal.comThis is from The Clyde Fitch Report.
John Patrick Shanley’s “Prodigal Son”: Too Prodigal?
With Prodigal Son, John Patrick Shanley has written a fascinating play. This doesn’t mean he’s written an entirely successful play, although he’s completely successful with the performance that, as his own director, he gets from Timothée Chalamet as the focal figure, a deeply distressed schoolboy named Jim Quinn.
According to the playwright’s program note, Jim Quinn is actually a moniker for Shanley himself. Thus, Prodigal Son is nothing less than a memoir conceived as a play. There you have the fascinating source for this intermissionless, 90-minute work, and there you have its complex flaw. Certainly anyone who knows anything about Shanley but doesn’t read his program note before the performance begins (as I hadn’t) will immediately wonder how autobiographical Prodigal Son is.
The full review is here.
discofunction.livejournal.comI tried and tried to embed the video but it wouldn't work, so click the pictue or link and it will direct you to the website:
http://pix11.com/2016/02/18/backstage-on-broadway-timothee-chalamet-and-robert-sean-leonard-star-in-prodigal-son/#ooid=JnM20yMTE6OjSavAM-a2jdw__ZgVIscu
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Feb. 10th, 2016 02:30 pmsnugs45.livejournal.comHere's another review (had to make a separate post kept getting spam message).
http://www.vulture.com/2016/02/theater-review-prodigal-son.html
There is this interesting bit at near the bottom:
Robert Sean Leonard as Hoffman does as much as possible with a character who doesn’t make much sense to us because Shanley, still seeing his teacher through a teenager’s eyes, cannot make sense of him either. That being the case, and knowing from the play that Hoffman, before he died, specifically asked Shanley not to write about him, I wonder whether this material was ill served, not just theatrically but morally, by its fully autobiographical treatment
I find it frustrating that the writer makes a statement and then leaves it hanging for us to contemplate any possible reasons. I wonder if those who've seen the play have any thoughts on this?
Posting this here as edit can't seem to add to list so will also add any other I find here. Please
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discofunction add to your original listHave now deleted reviews that have been added to
discofunction original list.Will post any new ones I find any here.
Prodigal Son Review Round-Up
Feb. 10th, 2016 09:47 amdiscofunction.livejournal.comETA: Thanks
snugs45 for all her help!The links are now under the cut as the list has gotten very long!
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Opening night pic from twitter
Feb. 10th, 2016 08:42 amdiscofunction.livejournal.comThe beautiful cast of #ProdigalSon on opening night! pic.twitter.com/By2ww0tgWq
— MTC (@MTC_NYC) February 10, 2016
(Pic is also on Instagram!)
Another scene from Prodigal Son
Feb. 5th, 2016 07:16 pmdiscofunction.livejournal.comThere are more clips on the MTC You Tube page, but I think the others were featured in the montage video!
discofunction.livejournal.com(Sorry, couldn't embed!)
Prodigal Son
Feb. 2nd, 2016 08:39 pmsnugs45.livejournal.comhttp://letstalkoffbroadway.com/2016/01/prodigal-directed-manhattan.html
discofunction.livejournal.comSource: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/MTC-Extends-World-Premiere-of-John-Patrick-Shanleys-PRODIGAL-SON-20160201
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Tickets for Prodigal Son go on sale!
Sep. 9th, 2015 09:22 amdiscofunction.livejournal.comhttp://playbill.com/news/article/tickets-on-sale-today-for-three-mtc-premieres-361385/print
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