Carson McCullers Talks About Love
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 5, 2011
Closed Jun 4, 2011
Opened May 5, 2011
Closed Jun 4, 2011
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Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre concludes its season with the first theatrical work from one of the great songwriters of her generation - Suzanne Vega. In Carson McCullers Talks About Love the iconic McCullers talks and reminisces about love and art and life. In trying to explain, she strives to conquer the demons that intrude on the course of love that for her and her characters never runs smoothly. Seamlessly moving from spoken word to song and back again, Vega channels McCullers in a way that reveals the meeting of two souls through a work of art.
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Suzanne Vega is a brilliant songwriter, and the tunes that she and fellow composer Duncan Sheik have created for Carson McCullers Talks About Love, now premeiring at Rattlestick Theatre, are beautifully rendered and marvelously performed. Unfortunately, Vega is less adept as an actress, which unbalances the dynamic of this bio-musical about the famous writer.
Vega begins the piece as herself, reminiscing about the first time she saw a photograph of Carson McCullers, and thinking, "I could be this woman." As an instrumental passage of the bluesy first song in the show plays, she removes her bright red lipstick, dons a frumpy wig, changes jackets, and takes on the persona of Carson McCullers[...]