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discofunction.livejournal.com2016-03-21 09:22 amEntry tags:
RSL with a fan after yesterday's performance of Prodigal Son!
Success! 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
discofunction.livejournal.com2016-03-18 09:15 amEntry tags:
Oh No! Get Well Soon RSL!!
Get 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.com2016-03-04 12:40 pmEntry tags:
Broadway World: Review Roundup for Prodigal Son
This comprehensive website gathers a variety of reviews of various shows. This is the page for Prodigal Son.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-John-Patrick-Shanleys-PRODIGAL-SON-Opens-at-MTC-20160209
Review 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
cuddyclothes.livejournal.com2016-02-25 09:33 pmEntry tags:
Review of "Prodigal Son"
This 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.com2016-02-19 07:45 amEntry tags:
Backstage on Broadway: Timothée Chalamet and Robert Sean Leonard star in ‘Prodigal Son’
Short article about Prodigal Son and video interview with Robert Sean Leonard and Timothee Chalamet.
I 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
I 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
snugs45.livejournal.com2016-02-10 02:30 pmEntry tags:
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Thanks to Amy for all her hard work.
Here'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?
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Here'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
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.
discofunction.livejournal.com2016-02-10 09:47 amEntry tags:
Prodigal Son Review Round-Up
I will keep this updated as well as the picture thread. Feel free to add your own links by editing or posting in comments!
ETA: Thankssnugs45 for all her help!
The links are now under the cut as the list has gotten very long!
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ETA: Thanks
snugs45 for all her help!The links are now under the cut as the list has gotten very long!
( Read more... )
discofunction.livejournal.com2016-02-10 08:42 amEntry tags:
Opening night pic from twitter
The beautiful cast of #ProdigalSon on opening night! pic.twitter.com/By2ww0tgWq
— MTC (@MTC_NYC) February 10, 2016
(Pic is also on Instagram!)
discofunction.livejournal.com2016-02-05 07:16 pmEntry tags:
Another scene from Prodigal Son
There are more clips on the MTC You Tube page, but I think the others were featured in the montage video!
discofunction.livejournal.com2016-02-03 05:44 pmEntry tags:
BWW TV: Watch Highlights of Robert Sean Leonard & Timothee Chalamet in MTC's PRODIGAL SON
Watch it here: http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=1237790
(Sorry, couldn't embed!)
(Sorry, couldn't embed!)
snugs45.livejournal.com2016-02-02 08:39 pmEntry tags:
Prodigal Son
A piece about the preview of Prodigal Son which gives the story of the play and towards the end a bit about RSL.
http://letstalkoffbroadway.com/2016/01/prodigal-directed-manhattan.html
http://letstalkoffbroadway.com/2016/01/prodigal-directed-manhattan.html
discofunction.livejournal.com2016-02-01 06:59 pmEntry tags:
MTC Extends World Premiere of John Patrick Shanley's PRODIGAL SON
Tickets for the limited engagement, which is now in previews at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I, are now on sale through Sunday, March 27.
Source: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/MTC-Extends-World-Premiere-of-John-Patrick-Shanleys-PRODIGAL-SON-20160201
Source: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/MTC-Extends-World-Premiere-of-John-Patrick-Shanleys-PRODIGAL-SON-20160201
discofunction.livejournal.com2016-01-07 06:23 pmEntry tags:
John Patrick Shanley posts promotional shot for Prodigal Son!
— John Patrick Shanley (@JohnJpshanley) January 5, 2016Entry tags:
Tickets for Prodigal Son go on sale!
Tickets are now on sale for Manhattan Theatre Club's productions of Ripcord, the world-premiere comedy by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire; Prodigal Son, the world-premiere play written and directed by Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winner John Patrick Shanley; and the American premiere of Incognito, the new play by Nick Payne.
http://playbill.com/news/article/tickets-on-sale-today-for-three-mtc-premieres-361385/print
http://playbill.com/news/article/tickets-on-sale-today-for-three-mtc-premieres-361385/print