Blood Wedding, Federico Garcia Lorca's Romantic Tragedy
Source Theatre, Between T St NW and and Swann St NW (1835 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009)
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The last date listed for Blood Wedding was Sunday March 4, 2012 / 2:00pm.
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Goldstar Member Tips
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Joan Ryan on Where to Park
Parking in that neighborhood sucks! Take metro if you can.
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Joan Ryan on What to Wear
Casual dress is ok
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Goldstar Member on Where to Park
Parking is difficult in such a robust area. Metro is best. Stay for dinner at the local resturants
15 Goldstar Member Reviews
Dancing Always
Death was pitchy. For a production that uses original music with repeating vocals, it is critical that a character charged with moving the narrative be able to sing in a cringe-free manner. He also needs to play to the smaller, more intimate space with more facial subtlety.Written on Feb 20 2012
The acting is uneven, albeit sincere. The guitar music makes for good bookends. The production tries too hard to use and often does not succeed in using movement and music. I now need to go back to the text to see what Garcia Lorca intended.
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Lorca would not be known as a great Spanish playwright based on this theater's translation and 'updating," with modern inner city idiom thrown in for good measure. I've seen much better community theatre - better acting, casting, directing, and singing. The acting was overly emotive and the directing heavy-handed. There was no intermission, so we couldn't escape. I haven't gone to too many plays that I wanted to walk out on, but this was one of them.Written on Feb 20 2012
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Barbara
This is a well-acted production of a famous drama. And not at all depressing as the title suggests. Definitely worth seeing.Written on Feb 18 2012
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If you have any passion or admiration for Federico Garcia Lorca as a writer, do not see this production.Written on Feb 10 2012
That being said, the set design is innovative for the space and budget and the guitar player is pitch-perfect...too perfect, in fact, to be part involved in the nightmare that is this show.
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More Information About Blood Wedding
Website
http://www.constellationtheatre.org/wedding.html
Description
Lovers are torn apart as two families in rural Spain are intricately bound in an unbreakable cycle of murder and revenge. Experience passion and violence mixed with song and ceremony. Federico García Lorca illuminates our deepest desires with gorgeous poetic imagery and the haunting appearance of a human Moon.
About the Ticket Supplier: Constellation Theatre Company
Constellation Theatre Company is dedicated to creating theatre that is epic, expansive and essential. Constellation's plays and musicals share the characteristics of elevated language, expressive design and an acting style of heightened, archetypal action. Like bright lights in the dark sky, their shows seek to illuminate the human experience in ways that are powerful, dynamic and relevant today.