As I Like It Makes Its West Coast Premiere at Macha Theatre
Macha Theatre, Formerly the Globe Playhouse (1107 N. Kings Road West Hollywood, CA 90069)
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- $20.00
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- FREE - $10.00*
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All offers for As I Like It have expired.
The last date listed for As I Like It was Sunday January 15, 2012 / 3:00pm.
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Goldstar Member Tips
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Jeremy on Where to Park
Behind the theatre is a free parking lot
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Goldstar Member on Where to Eat
There is no food at the theater, but Hugos and Barney's Beanery are in walking distance.
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Goldstar Member on Where to Park
Park across the road from the Theater, on Kings. $4 after six.
10 Goldstar Member Reviews
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jb2000
The writer greeted us at the door and thanked us for coming and gave us a free CD of the music contained in the play. It's clear that she really wants people to like her play. I wish we did. Unfortunately it's a very self-indulgent and extremely boring play. The performances are mediocre at best, but the material gives the lead actress little to work with. Skip it.Written on Jan 02 2012
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The K9 Lover
"Didn't like it" is being polite - the monologue was too mundane. From reading the program notes, this play was "cleaned up" & the autobiography was to highlight the writer. Well, you could have fooled me! I can see why her father didn't want the play to be introduced to the public until after his death - I wonder if he'd be turning in his grave right now?Written on Jan 16 2012
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Jeremy
The best part of this experiment was the price of admission. I can best express my reaction in three words: WTF! It seems the production team was trying to enliven a rather dull script, which has no conflict, excitment,suspense, tension, drama, or plot, by employing bizarre wardrobe, weird furnishings such as a lounge chair made from antlers, a bright red divan(the lead actress enters and from a huge prop skull) and various oddly shaped and colored accessories.Written on Dec 30 2011
This is esentially an autobiographical monologue, written by Amanda Eliasch, performed by the talented Elizabeth Karr, with some non-sequitur interruptions by two cast members. These include some excellent occasional classical piano playing by the author's son (a gifted if heavy-handed Charles Eliasch),tossed in for no apparent reason except possibly as diversion from the monologue. There's the inexplicable sudden appearance of Mr. Eliasch singing some operatic arias and duets with another fine singer who shows up in wardrobe identical to the blonde lead, but with dark hair,(?)(Lisa Zane). The music does nothing to drive the plot forward, but gives Ms. Karr some well-deserved breaks.
The cherubic Mr. Eliasch first enters wearing a brocaded long coat, ala Mozart or Ben Franklin, and an elaborately curled colonial-era pony tail, and pops in every few minutes carrying a tray, sometimes with a drink. He seems uncomfortable in his haughty posture.
Ms. Karr, dressed all in black in an outlandish puffed "balloon skirt," portrays the British author with charm ... and loses her English accent half-way through.
She reenters the skull to signal the end of the play.
According to the program notes, Ms. Eliasch trained in drama at the prestigious RADA for SEVEN YEARS. This begs the question, Why then didn't she portray herself in the play?
It just seems the whole contrivance is an attempt at avant garde theatrics. May be enjoyed as a theatrical oddity.
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More Information About As I Like It
Description
As I Like It originated from a request by Eliasch’s estranged father, noted Daily Mail foreign correspondent Anthony Cave Brown, for her to write a manuscript of 5,000 words by the end of the weekend. Eliasch, who was 22 when she met her father, took up the offer and purposefully decided to approach the project with brutal and unflinching honesty. Inspired by the work of Tracey Emin, her work was a portrayal of her life as she saw it.
The granddaughter of writer, producer and director Sidney Gilliat, Eliasch attended The Moscow Arts Theater and the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She is fashion editor of Genlux Magazine and an in-demand photographer for Italian Vogue, L’uomo Vogue and Bambini Vogue.