The Language Archive
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 17, 2010
Closed Dec 19, 2010
Opened Oct 17, 2010
Closed Dec 19, 2010
Playing at
Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
Directions & Map
Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
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http://www.roundabouttheatre.org
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Roundabout commissioned The Language Archive, which won the 2010 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize awarded to an outstanding new English-language play by a woman. The Language Archive is a poignant and quirky comedy that seems to prove love is the one language that can leave us all at a loss for words. George is a man consumed with preserving and documenting the dying languages of far-flung cultures. Closer to home, though, language is failing him. He doesn't know what to say to his wife, Mary, to keep her from leaving him, and he doesn't recognize the deep feelings that his lab assistant, Emma, has for him.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
111 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036
111 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
A FLAT AND UNPROFATABLE "ARCHIVE"
While this comedy about what non-communication can do has a solid story line and a good idea behind it, it never manages to engage its audience and for that reason the play was[for me at any rate] an unfocused and unsatisfying evening.The script was almost totally lacking in humor and together with an uncertain production made for an unfocused and unsatisfying eveninng.
Reviewed by MRBDWAY
on Wednesday, Dec 15th, 2010
Beautiful.
I loved this play. Its moving and intelligent--its truly a theatrical experience that you will not forget.
Reviewed by al10029
on Sunday, Dec 12th, 2010
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Julia Cho's problematic new play, The Language Archive, now at the Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre, focuses on George (Matt Lestcher), a linguist whose words fail him in his personal life. While it's an intriguing premise, logic too often takes a backseat to language; the dialogue isn't consistently engaging, and the rules of the story are murky.
Despite devoting his career to preserving languages from going extinct, George can't find the right words to keep his wife, Mary (Heidi Schreck), from leaving him. In an early scene, she leaves notes in random places (in books, on furniture, and even in his coffee cups) that voice her despair, but she denies doing it when he confronts her. They ha[...]