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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Dec 7, 2003
Closed Dec 21, 2003
Running Time:
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

National Actors Theatre presents Right You Are, by Luigi Pirandello, in a translation by Eric Bentley, directed by Fabrizio Melano. This marks NAT's 20th production since the company was founded by Tony Randall in 1991.

When a new family moves into town, gossipy neighbors are fascinated by the puzzling nature of their relationships. The more the locals obsess the more Pirandello ridicules their interference. Right You Are examines the relativity of truth, the vanity and necessity of illusion and the instability of the human personality.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Michael Schimmel Center For The Arts, Pace University
3 Spruce St
New York, NY 10038


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

The story goes that, when Luigi Pirandello's Cosi e, se vi pare (usually translated as Right You Are, If You Think You Are) opened in Rome during the 1918 season, much of the attending crowd cheered but some were infuriated by the dramatist's inconclusive ending. Apparently, one incensed patron -- not content to shout obscenities as others were doing -- ripped his seat from the floor and heaved it at Pirandello, who'd been called on stage. The outsized object missed Pirandello, who righted it, sat down, and said: "Thank you so much, it's been a very tiring day."

It's unlikely that anyone seeing the National Actors Theatre production will react like the chair-throwing fellow. After all, w[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Dec 8, 2003

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