Silk
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 23, 2005
Closed Jun 5, 2005
Opened Apr 23, 2005
Closed Jun 5, 2005
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Hervé Joncour buys and sells silkworms for a living. His small French town depends on him for its livelihood. Each year, Joncour travels to exotic locations around the world to acquire the silkworms. But one year, an epidemic strikes silkworms all over the world. Or nearly the whole world. There's still Japan. And that is where Joncour journeys, to meet a wealthy village lord and his beautiful young mistress. There he will find what he's looking for, and so much more.
Adapted and directed by Mary Zimmerman, based on the novel by Alessandro Barrico.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Goodman Theatre
170 N Dearborn St
Chicago, IL 60601
The Goodman Theatre, recipient of a Special Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, is a leader in the American theater and internationally recognized for its artists, productions and educational programs. Under the leadership of Artistic Direc [...] Read More
170 N Dearborn St
Chicago, IL 60601
The Goodman Theatre, recipient of a Special Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, is a leader in the American theater and internationally recognized for its artists, productions and educational programs. Under the leadership of Artistic Direc [...] Read More
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Silk, newly adapted from the Alessandro Baricco novella by Tony Award winner and MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient Mary Zimmerman, is saturated with sensuousness, charged with restrained eroticism, and scented with mystery. Even the casual theatergoer will be taken by the rich visual beauty and hypnotic aural spell -- both spoken and musical -- of Zimmerman's dream-like production, while even theater cognoscenti may be puzzled as to what it's all about.
Like all things mesmerizing, Silk will provide some viewers with new visions but will put others to sleep. The deliberate, soothing quietude of the 100-minute piece is established through verbal and physical repetitions that form patterns o[...]