Motherless Girl Looks to Mythology in New Play Everything Will be Different
Zephyr Theatre (7456 Melrose Ave. Hollywood, CA 90046)
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The last date listed for Everything Will be Different: A Brief History of Helen of Troy was Sunday November 7, 2010 / 7:00pm.
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GT on Other
Venue looked nice, but seats were uncomfortable.
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Street parking was hard to find.
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GT on Where to Park
$5 lot on Gardner just south of Melrose.
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GT
Hoo, boy. Don't let the cheery pink Trojan horse fool you -- this play is DARK. I don't mind tragedy if it's done well, but the audience needs to empathize with the protagonist so they share in her victories and defeats, caring what happens to her as she fights against her obstacles. Unfortunately in this show, Charlotte starts out annoying and gets worse, with seemingly no redeeming qualities (other than that she's really messed up, and no one should have to go through that). The play wallows in grief, despair, and the unfulfilled desire to be loved, but without offering any real insight or redemption. As such, it feels like an exercise in self-flagellation.Written on Nov 06 2010
If you liked Parasite Drag (recently at the Elephant Theatre), then you may like this dark morass too. Otherwise... If you want a good tragedy, try Yellow instead: http://www.goldstar.com/events/west-hollywood-ca/yellow.html
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Yahowl
There was a lot of talent up there on the stage, but style won out over empathy, the actors simply weren't listening to each other. The script meandered and the protagonist was lost in the director's hands. There was a lot of arbitrary extra stuff on the stage, and the blocking, though it seemed like it tried to be precise was off angles quite a bit. Ultimately, all of that could have been forgiven if there had been some gateway towards empathy for any of the characters - it was cynical and ultimately left me wondering if the director understood or liked the piece, or if they just found a bit here, a piece there intriguing. A good effort by a lot of talented people that just didn't come together.Written on Nov 08 2010
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Ellen L.
Fabulous piece of theater - well worth the time and money. The acting is terrific, the set is gorgeous, the play itself is haunting - funny and tragic and most of all, it was directed so beautifully. Congrats to the company!Written on Nov 03 2010
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Goldstar Member
This is a disturbing and haunting play. I can't stop thinking about it. The performances are outstanding. (NOT for young kids!!).Written on Nov 01 2010
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More Information About Everything Will be Different: A Brief History of Helen of Troy
Website
http://www.echotheatercompany.com/index.html
Quotes & Highlights
- Everything Will be Different won the 2005 Oppenheimer Award and the 2006 Kesselring Prize.
Description
Everything Will Be Different tells the story of teenaged Charlotte, whose beautiful mother is dead, and in the midst of her own grief and her father’s unwillingness to cope, she turns to the story of Helen of Troy for comfort, convinced that beauty, desire and fame can help her bring her mother back and punish the world that took her away in the first place. Charlotte finds herself searching in fantasy for what she cannot find in reality, and she ends up destroying the life and dreams of perhaps the only friend she ever really had. In the depths of pain, she comes to discover an unexpected grace.
About the Ticket Supplier: The Echo Theater Company
The Echo Theater Company is a group of actors, writers, directors, and producers dedicated to developing and presenting the work of playwrights on all levels. The company has produced award-winning premiere productions of Bedfellows by Herman Daniel Farrell lll, The Median Strip by Richard Strand, Home Grown by Rick Cleveland, A Devil Inside by David Lindsay-Abaire, Bryan Davidson's War Music (which won 2003 Ovation Awards for Best World Premiere Play and Best Ensemble, as well as being chosen by the Geffen Theatre to open its 2004 season), and Paul Zimmerman's Pigs and Bugs.