The Harlequin Studies
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 23, 2003
Closed Nov 9, 2003
Opened Sep 23, 2003
Closed Nov 9, 2003
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Acrobats, masks, and live music - Bill Irwin takes on the historic Harlequin character, the lewd and lazy rogue of commedia dell'arte. A series of sketches will parade the many shapes and forms of Harlequin before you with a nod and a wink to tradition transformed with contemporary flair. The Harlequin Studies also features Irwin's longtime collaborator Doug Skinner and a full cast of characters in this world premiere, the first production in Signature Theatre's Bill Irwin season.
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One of the more laughable, as opposed to risible, images of the past few weeks is Richard Avedon's portrait of Bill Irwin in the New Yorker's September 8 issue.
The photograph -- Irwin looking inconsolably sad in white clown outfit and partial white face -- has the misfortune to represent both men's drawbacks. Avedon has long seemed unable to satisfy himself until he's thumbed through his contact sheets and found the one picture where the person who's faced his camera has dropped every vestige of well being. Irwin, for his part, has become increasingly mannered since 1987's playful, buoyant, and altogether charming Regard of Flight. It's as if his early success convinced him that he was te[...]