The Stendhal Syndrome
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 16, 2004
Closed May 12, 2004
Opened Feb 16, 2004
Closed May 12, 2004
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Running Time:
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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Terrence McNally has crafted two beautiful and funny plays, starring Richard Thomas and Isabella Rossellini about art and humankind. Full Frontal Nudity explores the power of perfection when set against the reality of human loss and longing as three disparate American tourists in Florence are instructed by their guide to immerse themselves in the beauty of Michelangelo's David. In Prelude & Liebestod, a renowned conductor watches his life unravel while conducting Wagner's musical masterpiece.
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The Stendhal Syndrome, identified by the 19th-century French novelist and therefore named after him, refers to the condition experienced by people who feel faint when contemplating transcendent works of art. It's not to be confused with the Stockholm Syndrome, which refers to the phenomenon of captives falling in love with their captors. On second thought, perhaps the two overlap, since Stendhal Syndrome sufferers could be said to have fallen in helpless love with the art works that have captivated them.
This highly-charged state of mind and body is what Terrence McNally -- possibly as well known for his love of opera as he is for his plays -- looks at with appreciation and cynicism in a [...]