The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 9, 2006
Closed Dec 9, 2006
Opened Oct 9, 2006
Closed Dec 9, 2006
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Cynthia Nixon heads the cast of the New Group's production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from the novel by Muriel Spark. Scott Elliott directs.
In 1930s Scotland, the charismatic schoolteacher Jean Brodie seeks to mold a group of impressionable young girls in her own image. As the world hurtles towards war and fascism spreads across Europe, the power games between teacher and students turn dangerous.
No perf. Thursday, November 23. Additional perf. Wednesday, November 22 at 2.
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Throughout The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie -- both Muriel Spark's minor-classic novel and Jay Presson Allen's articulate stage adaptation of it, now being revived by the New Group -- the bold and eccentric title character reiterates that she's in her prime. Indeed, Miss Brodie is hitting her stride as she gloriously manipulates adolescent girls in an Edinburgh classroom. Therefore, it's a let-down that Cynthia Nixon, taking on the role just four months after winning a Tony Award for Rabbit Hole, is not performing at her best. The result is Spark with little spark.
Nixon looks willowy and cameo-lovely in Eric Becker's 1930s frocks and Paul Huntley's wavy auburn wig, but she has made a miscalc[...]