Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles in Mamet's Oleanna at the Mark Taper Forum
Mark Taper Forum (135 North Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012)
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The last date listed for Oleanna was Sunday July 5, 2009 / 1:00pm.
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Clybourne Park: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Comedy-Drama at The Mark Taper Forum
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Bruce Norris' 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy-drama puts a new spin on Lorraine Hansberry's classic A Raisin in the Sun. The play cleverly examines both real estate and race relations in a northwest Chicago neighborhood fifty years apart. In 1959, a white couple sets off a community controversy when they inadvertently sell their bungalow to the area's first black family. Half-a-century later, gentrification issues arise when a black couple clashes with a white couple who want to buy and demolish the house. The same set of actors portray the couples in both time periods. The entire original Playwrights Horizons' off-Broadway cast, Crystal A. Dickinson, Brendan Griffin, Damon Gupton, Christina Kirk, Annie Parisse, Jeremy Shamos and Frank Wood, reunite along with original director Pam MacKinnon for this production at the Mark Taper Forum. Learn More
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Outdoor eating was wonderful. No construction issues!
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Goldstar Member Reviews
For2nate1
...the actors were meticulous in their roles...the story brilliant, thought-provoking and disturbing however,I and my companion found that the dialog was a bit distracting; people simply don't converse with one another the way the dialog was written; it almost played out more like an 'essay' than actual conversation although there were certainly intense moments where the characters 'linked' emotionally and the stage 'combat' we found to be riveting. Another reviewer described this play as 'more interesting than enjoyable'; we concur. Having said that however,anything that provokes artistic dialog after the fact (over dinner or a glass of wine) is a good time and this production certainly provoked thought and dialog...Written on Jun 04 2009
We don't regret having seen it...
Peace,
Lea Routledge
Garrett Morris
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Luis Antonio Vargas
It is interesting to get some context to when and why this play was written: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleanna_(play)Written on Jun 03 2009
The performances were strong and the explosive nature of accusations, power struggles, and what does or does not happen behind closed doors are in sharp relief.
More interesting, than enjoyable.
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babs
Oleanna was an amazing play. The dialogue seemed a bit stilted at first, but then you remember that it's a David Mamet play and you settle into the rhythm and begin to really understand and appreciate the brilliance of the writing and the actors work as it unfolds. It was very thought provoking and my husband, my 17 year old and myself enjoyed it thoroughly and discussed it over dinner at length. We highly recommend seeing this play!Written on Jun 22 2009
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Goldstar Member
The play was an effective physcological study about the perils of misunderstanding communications, and the lenghs it will goad people to.Written on Jun 08 2009
As interesting for what it leaves unanswered (thus provoking analysis of what went on well beyond curtain close).
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More Information About Oleanna
Website
http://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/productiondetail.aspx?id=...
Quotes & Highlights
- Read Julia Stiles' blog about the show.
Description
<p>The Pulitzer and Tony Award®-winning writer of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow returns to Center Theatre Group with a new production of his gripping drama of a power struggle between a male university professor and one of his female students.
Doug Hughes (Tony Award®, Doubt) directs, featuring film and stage stars Bill Pullman (Independence Day, While You Were Sleeping, Broadway’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?) and Julia Stiles (The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum), who reprises her role, after performing to rave reviews on London’s West End.</p>