A few words regarding The Imaginary Invalid…
Oded Gross and Tracy Young have adapted and re-imagined Molière's 17th century comedy "The Imaginary Invalid" as a musical with mixed results. Picking up a French Restoration satire and placing it in the 1960s is not an easy task.
David Kelly (last year’s Fallstaff and a brilliant comedic actor) plays the wealthy Argan, a hypochondriac and father of two mod daughters Angelique (Kimbre Lancaster) and Louison (Nell Geisslinger). The play is generally classified as a comedy of manners, as it deals with tactless characters and romance among other various subject manners.
The production seems to highlight the efforts of a remarkable maid, Toinette, as she tries to keep the rumpus household in check and at peace. K.T. Vogt's smirking servant shines in every way as she manipulates the household for the betterment of the family.
The main action involves Angelique's suitor Cleante (Christopher Livingston) as he attempts to disrupt Argan's plan to have his daughter marry medical student, Thomas Diafoirus (the comically skilled Daisuke Tsuji), so there will always be a doctor in the house. At the same time, Argan's life-loving brother Beralde (Jeffrey King) wants to dispose of all the medicine in Argan's life, while maintaining a secretive love-affair with the household servant Toinette.
Large musical numbers, gross and physical comedy bring two hours of entertainment to the stage. A visual pleasure!
Some thoughts about August: Osage County…
Oded Gross and Tracy Young have adapted and re-imagined Molière's 17th century comedy "The Imaginary Invalid" as a musical with mixed results. Picking up a French Restoration satire and placing it in the 1960s is not an easy task.
David Kelly (last year’s Fallstaff and a brilliant comedic actor) plays the wealthy Argan, a hypochondriac and father of two mod daughters Angelique (Kimbre Lancaster) and Louison (Nell Geisslinger). The play is generally classified as a comedy of manners, as it deals with tactless characters and romance among other various subject manners.
The production seems to highlight the efforts of a remarkable maid, Toinette, as she tries to keep the rumpus household in check and at peace. K.T. Vogt's smirking servant shines in every way as she manipulates the household for the betterment of the family.
The main action involves Angelique's suitor Cleante (Christopher Livingston) as he attempts to disrupt Argan's plan to have his daughter marry medical student, Thomas Diafoirus (the comically skilled Daisuke Tsuji), so there will always be a doctor in the house. At the same time, Argan's life-loving brother Beralde (Jeffrey King) wants to dispose of all the medicine in Argan's life, while maintaining a secretive love-affair with the household servant Toinette.
Large musical numbers, gross and physical comedy bring two hours of entertainment to the stage. A visual pleasure!
Some thoughts about August: Osage County…
August: Osage County, is a Pulizer Prize winning show that I have previously mentioned in my blog. It centers around the dysfunctional dynamics of a family coping with a father's suicide, a mother's addiction to pills, divorces, scandals and incest against the backdrop of Oklahoma.
OSF’s production certainly invokes the atmosphere of a midwestern setting: presenting the audience with an almost full scale house on the Angus Bowmer stage. It is clear from the talented ensemble cast of actors, the OSF has tremendous acting company.
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