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Eurydice
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Average of 2.5 stars from 2 ratings.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 18, 2007
Closed Aug 26, 2007

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Extended through August 26!

MacArthur genius grant recipient Sarah Ruhl's eurydice closes out Second Stage's 28th season. Les Waters directs.

In eurydice, Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Tragically dying on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is truly a fresh look at a timeless love story.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Second Stage Theatre
305 W 43rd St
New York, NY 10036


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

In her relatively young playwriting career, Sarah Ruhl has won several awards and much awed recognition. She was a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Clean House, a work that in its New York production this past season did not add up to more than the sum of its most imaginative parts but nonetheless warranted attention. She is also this year's lone dramatist recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, which brought her a cool $500,000.

So while Ruhl looks to be someone requiring serious attention, that attention is difficult to accord eurydice, a pretentious and woefully precious spin on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth now at the Second Stage Theatre after stints at Wisconsin's Mad[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Jun 19, 2007

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