In the Wake
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 1, 2010
Closed Nov 21, 2010
Opened Nov 1, 2010
Closed Nov 21, 2010
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
It's Thanksgiving of 2000 and the presidential election still has not been decided. Ellen insists that her friends and family don't understand how bad the situation really is. But no one--not her loving partner, Danny, nor the passionate Amy, nor the brutally pragmatic and world-weary Judy--can make Ellen see the blind spot at the center of her own politics and emotional life. A funny, passionate, and ultimately searing new play that illuminates assumptions that lie at the heart of the American character -- and the blind spots that mask us from ourselves.
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RE:In the Wake
Great cast and excellent acting. Marin Ireland is outstanding and gives a tour de force performance
It is purely my opinion, but the dialogue could do with some editing. The play is long and perhaps overly belabors its points, which are none the less valid for all that but, perhaps diluted by the length of their delivery. I feel the audience could have probably resolved the point of the play without it having to be spoon fed to them. There seemed to me to be a point someitme before the end where one of the characters makes a meaningful speech upon which things could have been left for the audience to draw their own conclusions..
Neverthelss, even if the extra length doesnt add much to the play it is an enjoyable performance and does leave food for thought in the mind of the watcher
Reviewed by MACNBOB
on Sunday, Nov 14th, 2010
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A woman finds her personal life unraveling and her political beliefs challenged in Lisa Kron's In the Wake, playing at the Public Theater. Set against the backdrop of the major news stories of the first half of the decade, the show has the potential to pack an intellectual and emotional wallop. Yet, despite a top-notch ensemble working under the sure-handed guidance of director Leigh Silverman, and a fair share of zesty dialogue, the play proves to be a strangely unmoving experience.
In the Wake begins on Thanksgiving in 2000 in the Lower East Side apartment (skillfully rendered by scenic designer David Korins) belonging to Ellen (Marin Ireland) and her boyfriend Danny (Michael Chernus). [...]