Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words at the Ahmanson
Ahmanson Theatre, at the Music Center (135 North Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012)
- Full Price:
- $35.00 - $75.00
- Our Price:
- $17.50 - $37.50*
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The last date listed for Play Without Words was Sunday May 29, 2005 / 2:00pm.
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Sondheim's Follies: Tony-Winning Broadway Hit at the Ahmanson
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The Kennedy Center's critically-acclaimed Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical Follies, currently nominated for eight 2012 Tony Awards, comes to the Ahmanson Theatre, where it's receiving equally stellar reviews. It's the haunting story of two troubled couples who reunite at the decrepit theater where the ladies once performed, facing the ghosts of the past and the harsh reality of the present. Featuring a memorable score by Sondheim, including such enduring songs as "Broadway Baby," "Losing My Mind" and "I'm Still Here," the show is also a riveting look at the deterioration of the American dream -- a crack in the plaster of the gilded age of Broadway. Director Eric Schaeffer is joined by much of his original cast -- with 41 performers, it's one of the largest ever on this stage -- as well as a 28-piece orchestra. Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark joins the production, while reprising their roles from the New York show are 2012 Tony nominees Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein and Ron Raines. Learn More
20 Goldstar Member Reviews
April Alexander
Patricia K.-D
Marvellous, London in the 70's, or was this New YorkWritten on Mar 23 2006
excellent staging and performance by a VERY talanted cast....
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Patricia K.-D
Amazing staging, beautifully mimed by professional cast....Written on Mar 23 2006
Very interesting evening.....
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Sharon S.
Oh, wow. I always think he won't be able to surprise me and he does it anyway. Mathew Bourne is tops and this ballet company can do anything he asks of them.Written on May 30 2005
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More Information About Play Without Words
Website
http://www.taperahmanson.com/show.asp?id=261
Quotes & Highlights
- Watch a special web presentation about the play.
- "Just bring your eyes and ears, and marvel at the inventions of Mr. Bourne's theatrical imagination." New York Times
- "A vibrant, wicked satire of class conflict and sexual desire set in Swinging Sixties London and told exclusively through movement and music." London: The Times
- "Funny, sexy, brilliantly stylish and blazingly original." London Daily Telegraph
Description
In a suave London home, an urbane master and his beautiful fiance welcome their new manservant, Prentice. What follows will change their lives forever -- and prove a surprising truth about love.
Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words was inspired by Joseph Losey's film and based on "The Servant" by Robin Maugham. Music is by Terry Davies.
From the New York Times:
Best known here [in America] for his reinvention of "Swan Lake" as a psychosexual hybrid of Hitchcock's "Birds" and an Abercrombie & Fitch catalog, Mr. Bourne's brand of storytelling through dance -- in which the themes are adult and the sex is fully acknowledged -- has made his work hugely popular in Britain. "We have a lot of people being dragged along for the first time by friends who say, 'I know you don't like dance but you'll enjoy this, I promise,' " he said. "There's a certain amount of winning over to be done. Sex, and humor, are important ways of doing it. Because once you've physically reacted, with a laugh or whatever, we've got you."
Recommended for ages 13 and above.