UVan Patten noStrong kwi ‘The Great God Pan.’ (Ngoncedo lukaJoan Marcus) Kuya kuba yinto egqithisileyo ukuthi uAmy Herzog ubhale umdlalo weqonga waseMelika wangoku. Kodwa nokuba yeyiphi na efanelekileyo, kufuneka ibukeke ifana Pan kaThixo Omkhulu , Umdlalo obalaseleyo ka-Ms Herzog, ovula phezolo kwii-Playwrights Horizons.
Ekhokelwa nguCarolyn Cantor, Pan kaThixo Omkhulu iyavuselela kwaye icekeceke, kancinci, ngokutyhilekileyo kwaye iyahamba kamnandi. Yenziwe kakuhle, crisply, ngokufanelekileyo ngokufanelekileyo, ekhuthaza ukucinga, ehlekisayo kunye nokuqonda. Eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu, yimizuzu engama-80 ubude. (Sukujongela phantsi umtsalane kumvavanyi womdlalo omfutshane ekupheleni kwekwindla ende.)
I-protagonist yayo nguJamie (obalaseleyo uJeremy Strong, onamanxeba emva kwesitifiketi sakhe), uhlobo oluqaphelekayo: I-eBrooklyn eneminyaka engama-32 ubudala eneehempe ezicocekileyo, intatheli enetalente kwimisebenzi engenamsebenzi. Uhlala kunye kodwa engekazibandakanyi nentombazana yakhe entle, emhlophe eneminyaka emithandathu, uPaige (uSara Goldberg), owayesengumdanisi ngoku eqeqeshelwa ukuba ngumgqirha. Yonke into ibonakala intle ebomini bakhe, kodwa yonke into ikwabonakala ngathi iyatshixwa. Kwangoko kumdlalo, sifunda ukuba uPaige ngokungakhethiyo ukhulelwe. UJamie, ekhathazekile ngolwalamano lwabo, nangobomi, akazibulisi ezi ndaba ngovuyo.
Njengokuba umdlalo uvulwa, uJamie usela ikofu noFrank (Keith Nobbs), onetattoo kwaye ogqobileyo umhlobo wobuntwana. Yincoko engathandekiyo: la madoda mabini, awayesondelelene njengamakhwenkwe, awananto ifanayo ngoku. UFrank ufikelele kuJamie ngeendaba: ucinezela izityholo kutata wakhe ngokuxhaphaza abantwana ngokwesondo. Ukholelwa ukuba utata wakhe wamxhaphaza uJamie.
Imidlalo emibini edlulileyo ka-Ms Herzog yayisekwe kusapho lwayo lwamaJuda olushiyekileyo. Emva koHlaziyo , nakwii-Playwrights, ezijolise kwisizukulwana esincinci sizama ukuqonda into endala kakhulu; phakathi Iimayile ezingama-4000 , eLincoln Centre Theatre, eso sizukulwana esidala sabonelela ngozinzo kolahlekileyo omncinci. Kwi Pan kaThixo Omkhulu , oqhubela phambili kude nosapho lakwaHerzog, ujonge isizukulwane esimiyo sizama, hayi ngokuyimpumelelo, ukungena kwimigibe yabantu abadala-umtshato, abantwana, impumelelo kwezobuchwephesha- kwaye ucinga ukuba (ewe, thina: sisizukulwana sam , noNks. Herzog's) bayathandwa bubuntwana bethu okanye basebenzise ubuntwana bethu njengesingxengxezo sokuzonwabisa kwethu.
UJamie uyala ukukholelwa ukuba isityhilelo sikaFrank siyinyani ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa ukwala ukukholelwa ukuba akunakuba njalo. Njengokuba intatheli iphanda eyakhe eyadlulayo-ethetha nabazali bakhe (u-Becky Ann Baker njengo-Cathy, umama wakhe owayengalindelanga, kunye no-Peter Friedman njengo-Doug, utata wakhe we-yoga-kunye-uboya), etyelela umntwana owayekhe wabelana no-Frank, Polly ( droll Joyce Van Patten), umntwana owayekhe wabelana noFrank, kwikhaya labantu abalupheleyo ahlala kulo ngoku, kwaye baxoxa ngezinto kwiincoko eziqhubeka zishuba noPaige-Nks. UHerzog ushiya indawo eninzi yokuthandabuza. Ezinye iinyani ziveze ukuxhasa intlawulo kaFrank, ezinye ziyibiza ngokungathandabuzekiyo, uninzi luyayigxininisa into yokuba iinkumbulo azithembekanga.
Andiqinisekanga ngento eyenzekileyo, uJamie uxelela uPaige njengokuba umdlalo usondela kuvuthondaba. Awufaki ukubeka ubomi bam bonke, mna, ngokwemiqathango-awufumani ukwenza oko. Asikaze sifumane mpendulo eqinisekileyo malunga nento eyenzekileyo okanye engakhange yenzeke, kodwa siyabona ukuba uJamie ufikelela ekuqondeni indlela yokuphatha izinto ngoku. Ixesha elidlulileyo, nokuba liyintoni na, liya kuhlala likho, kodwa okwangoku kukufuna ingqalelo yakhe.
UMelissa James Gibson Ziziphi iiRhymes neMelika , kwiNkampani yeAtlantic Theatre, ayinikezeli nganto. Yinto ebhaliweyo emnandi, ebekwe ngobuhle, ehlekisayo ngokunzulu malunga nobudlelwane, ukwahlukana, isizungu nosizi.
Abalinganiswa bayo abane-uHank (uChris Bauer), u-economist ongaphumelelanga kwezemfundo, esathandana nomfazi oqhawula umtshato kwaye enqwenela ukusindisa uqhagamshelo kwintombi yakhe yeshumi elivisayo; UMarlene (u-Aimee Carrero obukhali ngokumangalisayo), okrelekrele kunye no-cynical oneminyaka eli-16 ubudala; USheryl (u-Da'Vine ovela kuThixo u-Joy Randolph), ukuzithemba kukaHank, umdlali weqonga onqwenela ukunamathela kwi-opera chorus; kunye noLydia (Seana Kofoed), intombi eneminyaka engama-20 ubudala uHank uhamba nomhla ombi- balahlekile kwaye bodwa, abonwabanga ngobomi babo, abonwabanga kukhetho lwabo, abakwazi ukubaphucula. Ukufuna izinto kubangela iintlungu, uSheryl uxelele uHank ngexesha lekhefu kwicandelo lokulayisha i-opera emva kokuba evuthele uphononongo olukhulu. Esinika kuphela isisombululo sokungafuni kwanto kwasekuqaleni.
Ukubhalwa kukaNks. Gibson kuthe chatha ngokupheleleyo-ukuthelekelela okucingelwayo, uhlala ehlekisa kakhulu kwaye ezele iiprogramu zobulumko ezingalindelekanga. Isiteji, nguDaniel Aukin, ufana nomdlalo, uyathandeka, uyasala kwaye ayingqalanga ngobugcisa. Ngamaqhekeza ambalwa asetelwe kwinqanaba elivulekileyo (eliyilwe nguLaura Jellinek), Mnu. Aukin unokwenza izigcawu ezingafaniyo kunye namaxesha athile agqithisileyo kunye notshintsho olukhawulezayo lwesibane esikrelekrele nesisebenzayo (esiyilwe nguMat Frey). USheryl wazisa uHank kumxholo wokubamba, ingcinga okanye isivakalisi esiqhubeka kumgca olandelayo okanye imeko, kwaye Ziziphi iiRhymes neMelika igcwele ngayo, kokubini kwiskripthi nakwisiqendu.
Kwaye, ewe, kubomi babalinganiswa bayo, abagqagqana bodwa ngaphandle kokufikelela kwiziqhamo. Kumdlalo ochukumisayo kodwa ophantsi, lixesha elinobunyani kunye nenyani edandathekisayo.
Ungasombulula njani ingxaki efana nePacino?
UAl Pacino, uOscar, uTony kunye noEmmy ophumelele imbasa kumdlalo bhanyabhanya, ngomnye wabadlali abakhulu besikrini kwisizukulwana sakhe kunye nebhokisi eqinisekileyo yebhokisi yeofisi xa efuna ukuvela kwiBroadway. Uhlala esiba ngumzobo wakhe, ingqokelela yeeteki zakhe, umdlalo ophumelele imbasa yakhe kwiAkhademi. Iphunga lomfazi . Ngamanye amaxesha, njengakwiiTheatre zoLuntu ezisandula ukwenziwa Inkqubo ye- Umrhwebi waseVenice , Uya kuguqula kwintsebenzo ehambayo. Rhoqo, njengakwimvuselelo ye UGlengarry Glen Ross ngoku idlala eGerald Schoenfeld Theatre, okanye kwiitreyila eziya zisanda kubakho kuyo yonke indawo Yimani Madoda , uya kunikezela ngokufanayo ngokufanayo: Amehlo aqhekekileyo, ukujija iminwe, ukukrokra, ukungxola okungenakuphepheka. Apho uMichael Corleone wayevinjelwe kwaye elawulwa khona, i-Al Pacino yanamhlanje nje iirantshi.
Oko akuyenzi intsebenzo yakhe Glengarry , Umsebenzi ophumeleleyo ka-David Mamet wePulitzer malunga nabathengisi bezindlu ezithengiswayo, abanganyanzelekanga ukuba babukele. Kodwa iyamenza uShelly Levene-owayekhe wangumntu omkhulu, ngoku-ophazamisayo ngokuthengisa oza kuphuma ngaphandle komdlalo-esinye isikhalo sePacino, hayi umntu owahlukileyo, odlala imvakalelo. Ewe kunjalo, le mveliso intle, incediswa nguDaniel Sullivan (owayekwalathise uMnu Pacino Umrhwebi ), ayisoze ibandakanyeke njengoko kufanelekile.
UBobby Cannavale, othe kwezi sizini zimbalwa zidlulileyo waziguqula waba ngumdlali weqonga weqonga wenyambalala waba yinkwenkwezi yeqonga enamandla, uzisa umlingisi wakhe ojolise kwindima kaRicky Roma, othengisayo, ophumeleleyo othengisayo, odlalwa nguMnu Pacino kwi Inguqulelo yemovie ka-1992. UJohn C. McGinley unamandla kwaye uyathandeka njengentloko yeofisi uDave Moss, kunye noRichard Schiff yi-nebbishly neurotic njenge-milquetoast George Aaronow. UDavid Harbour njengomphathi weofisi enobuqhetseba, uJeremy Shamos njengomthengi obethwe kukuzisola kunye noMurphy Guyer njengepolisa elaliphanda ukungena eofisini kwaye liqhuba kakuhle.
Kodwa ngaphandle kwayo yonke loo talente, ayihambelani ncam. Ingxoxo kaMnu Mamet, ngakumbi kulo msebenzi we-echt-Mamet, kufuneka itshintshe ibe sisibongo esimdaka, esinee-staccato. Ayenzi njalo. Ukuwa kukaLevene kufanele kube buhlungu. Akunjalo. Umdlalo umalunga nokusweleka kohlobo oluthile lomfo onzima, odlala-nge-wits yakho, bonke ubudoda baseMelika. Endaweni yoko sisiqwenga seMamet esasikade sinjalo. Kumnandi ukubukela, kodwa ayisiyonyani.
Asithengiswa.
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