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May. 25th, 2005 10:14 pmI am in awe. Utter awe. I saw Bach at Leipzig and it is utterly incredible, completely amazing. If you have a free night this weekend, GO. I'm dead serious. I'm seriously considering going on Sunday, which considering that means skipping Folklife, should tell you something.
I haven't heard such a hilarious, amazing and true script in a while--Itamar Moses is my new playwriting hero. And he's bloody young, too. The whole audience was laughing, but it really is a script for theater people; the nearly-play-within-a-play is hysterical and so incredibly real. I adore self-referential scripts, and this one was such a one in the best way--self-referential without being overtly in-your-face. "It is a little contrived..." Oh, so hilarious. So, so funny. And yet, at points, poignant enough to move one to tears, which makes the perfect comedy--how right Kaufmann was.
And the acting, MY GOD--spot on, perfect. Brilliant. This really is the cream of the Seattle crop--Laurence Ballard, David Pichette, R. Hamilton Wright (who is so wonderful--and I finally figured it out, he reminds me of Todd; that's why I liked him so much before I actually appreciated his acting), John Procaccino, Max Gordon Moore (the son of Todd Jefferson Moore. Kickass family) and others. SO EFFING AMAZING. GO SEE IT NOW.
...I don't know what else to say here. I thought I had something, but I can't remember. I'll just heap more praise on Bach at Leipzig. So good. So brilliant. Go see it now.
I haven't heard such a hilarious, amazing and true script in a while--Itamar Moses is my new playwriting hero. And he's bloody young, too. The whole audience was laughing, but it really is a script for theater people; the nearly-play-within-a-play is hysterical and so incredibly real. I adore self-referential scripts, and this one was such a one in the best way--self-referential without being overtly in-your-face. "It is a little contrived..." Oh, so hilarious. So, so funny. And yet, at points, poignant enough to move one to tears, which makes the perfect comedy--how right Kaufmann was.
And the acting, MY GOD--spot on, perfect. Brilliant. This really is the cream of the Seattle crop--Laurence Ballard, David Pichette, R. Hamilton Wright (who is so wonderful--and I finally figured it out, he reminds me of Todd; that's why I liked him so much before I actually appreciated his acting), John Procaccino, Max Gordon Moore (the son of Todd Jefferson Moore. Kickass family) and others. SO EFFING AMAZING. GO SEE IT NOW.
...I don't know what else to say here. I thought I had something, but I can't remember. I'll just heap more praise on Bach at Leipzig. So good. So brilliant. Go see it now.
