The Pretty Trap
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Aug 2, 2011
Closed Aug 21, 2011
Opened Aug 2, 2011
Closed Aug 21, 2011
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Running Time:
1hr. 20min.
1hr. 20min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Before Tennessee Williams wrote one of his masterpieces, The Glass Menagerie, he wrote a one-act version called The Pretty Trap. Cause Célèbre will present the New York Premiere of this gem of a play directed by Antony Marsellis (Love Divided By, The Love Course). Katharine Houghton, who brought her fiancé, Sidney Poitier, home in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, is seated at a very different kind of dinner and plays one of Williams' quintessential female roles, Amanda Wingfield, the mother in The Glass Menagerie. The other characters are the same--Laura, Tom and the gentleman caller. But the tone is lighter and the ending is completely unexpected. Don't miss out on this engaging evening in a very limited engagement.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
RE:Interesting but Bland Precursor to The Glass Menagerie
This slight 50 minutes one act precursor to The Glass Menagerie is well-acted and directed and should appeal to Tennessee Williams fans interested in tracing the evolutionary development of his work. But standing on its own, it is unlikely to prove very satisfying to the general theater-going public. I have posted an expanded review of this production and of several other plays on my blog www.aseatontheaisle.blogspot.com.
Reviewed by alansshows
on Saturday, Aug 6th, 2011
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Theatergoers get the rare chance to see an undisputed masterwork as a work-in-progress with Cause Célèbre's production of Tennessee Williams' The Pretty Trap, now playing at the Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row. The brief one-act offers a loving, sepia-toned, and surprisingly comedic, portrait of the Wingfield family, so familiar from the playwright's later, bittersweet classic The Glass Menagerie.
On some levels, the piece is a mere squib from a young author still finding his voice (there are only hints of the gorgeous lyricism that would become Williams' hallmark); yet, thanks to director Antony Marsellis' solidly staged production and a delightful performance from Katharine [...]