The Seduction of Edgar Degas
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Opened Aug 17, 2008
Closed Sep 9, 2008
Opened Aug 17, 2008
Closed Sep 9, 2008
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59E59 Theaters welcomes the return of playwright Le Wilhelm with the World Premiere of The Seduction of Edgar Degas. French artist Edgar Degas, considered one of the founders of the Impressionist movement, did not start out painting dancers. After seeing Eugenie Fiocre, considered to be the most beautiful woman in Paris, in the revolutionary ballet La Source, Degas desired nothing more than to paint her. Le Wilhelm, playwright of Maiden's Progeny and The Hanging of Razor Brown, brings the unknown story of this seduction-- the artist coming into his own and the dancer who showed him his life's work.
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59E59 Theaters
59 E 59th St
New York, NY 10022
59E59 Theaters is an Off-Broadway theater complex that consists of three theaters, Theater A (200 seats), Theater B (100 seats) and Theater C (50 seats).
59 E 59th St
New York, NY 10022
59E59 Theaters is an Off-Broadway theater complex that consists of three theaters, Theater A (200 seats), Theater B (100 seats) and Theater C (50 seats).
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The only reason for seeing The Seduction of Edgar Degas: The First Dancer, now at Theater C at 59E59 Theaters, is if you want to learn a little bit about the early career of the famous French artist. If you're looking for a couple of hours of stimulating theater, however, Le Wilhelm's disappointing biographical sketch -- badly directed by the author and less-than-sparklingly performed, at least by Cast A (there are two rotating casts) -- is not the solution.
The play is a fictionalized story about how the then-33-year-old Degas, still in search of his muse, found Eugenie Fiocre, a ballet dancer considered the most beautiful woman in Paris. Mark A. Kinch plays Degas with neither subtlety no[...]