Clybourne Park - A Race and Real Estate Comedy from A.C.T.
A.C.T., Near the corner of Geary and Mason (415 Geary St. San Francisco, CA 94102)
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- $6.00 - $47.40*
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The last date listed for Clybourne Park was Sunday February 20, 2011 / 7:00pm.
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American Conservatory Theater performs a double bill of two outstanding plays from master playwright Samuel Beckett. Endgame and Play are a pair of absurd dark comedies that conjure a fiercely funny and emotionally gripping world. In Endgame, Tony Award winner Bill Irwin takes on the role of Hamm, who is trapped between life and death with his young servant, Clov. Together they engage in a chess match of wits in this vivid exploration of the end of life. This iconic work will be presented together with Beckett's rarely performed one-act Play, a brief comic tour de force about marriage and infidelity, featuring members of A.C.T.'s core acting company. Learn More
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Goldstar Member on What to Wear
Dress Casual or Formal - either or, up to you :) !!
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J on Where to Park
Bart and then a short walk
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J on Other
Agree you don't have much leg room at all in the balcony
134 Goldstar Member Reviews
Greg
Much of the incisive dialogue by its fearless playwright actually provide insight superior to anything I can offer about this marvelous (and searing) examination of race, political correctness, and to a lesser extent marriage, in America.Written on Jan 23 2011
What makes it exceptional is how the incendiary subject matter is tempered (thankfully) with humor. If it weren't genuinely funny, it could easily descend into a lugubrious diatribe.
The cast, with each member playing a dual role, is for the most part outstanding. They successfully navigate the edgy material without lapsing (too far) into stereotype. This is a credit not only to the talented ensemble but also the confident, tight direction by Jonathan Moscone. And the set design's transformation between acts showcases a meticulous attention to detail which provides a perfect backdrop for the serio-comic proceedings.
As laudable an accomplishment this might be, however, one wonders exactly why Norris chose to deviate from the central theme and frame the story within a heavy subplot regarding a tragic death. Although I acknowledge it does provide some continuity and character motivation, from what I can discern it's mostly unrelated to the primary events on stage.
Notwithstanding that solitary apprehension, I highly recommend one plan a trip to the American Conservatory Theater (formerly the Geary Theater) tout de suite!
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Barry R.
Fantastic acting, set, script and direction and all in the first preview! If you have hearing problems definitely get the amplifier. I was in row M (towards the back) and could hear almost every word fine except when the audience was really laughing!Written on Jan 21 2011
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Rebecca Maroney
Great! Funny, moving, provocative, brilliantly acted; a memorable evening at the theater.Written on Feb 02 2011
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J
This is one of the better ACT productions. We would rank it in the top 3 that we have seen at ACT. The two acts are very different yet they connect together well. All of the acting was outstanding although we felt like the actor who played the priest was acting. The actor who played Carl/Steve was the standout. The actor who played Russ/Dan was also excellent. The dialogue about race was also intelligent and it was interesting to see the contrast over time (first act compared to the second). The audience was laughing the entire time. There are some moments that will make you think too. Highly recommended.Written on Jan 23 2011
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More Information About Clybourne Park
Website
http://www.act-sf.org/1011/clybournepark/index.html
Quotes & Highlights
- "A spiky and damningly insightful new comedy" —The New York Times
- "Completely audacious, architecturally ingenious entertainment" —Entertainment Weekly
- "Outrageously funny and squirm-inducing" —The Independent (London)
- "A lively, darkly humorous affair . . . remarkably perceptive, hilarious, and surprisingly poignant" —Associated Press
- "[A] buzz-saw sharp new comedy . . . of inadvertent bad manners" —The Washington Post
- "Superb, elegantly written, and hilarious" —The New Yorker
- "The funniest play of the year" —London Evening Standar
- "Genius" —The Times of London
Description
Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a new comedy that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin in the Sun to tell an unforgettable new story about race and real estate in America. Act I opens in 1959, as a white couple sells their home to a black family, causing uproar in their middle-class Chicago neighborhood. Act II transports us to the same house in 2009, when the stakes are different, but the debate is strikingly familiar. Adamant provocateur Bruce Norris launches his characters into lightning-quick repartee as they scramble for control of the situation, revealing how we can -- and can't -- distance ourselves from the stories that linger in our houses.