The Subject Was Roses
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 18, 2010
Closed May 9, 2010
Opened Apr 18, 2010
Closed May 9, 2010
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
When John and Nettie Cleary welcome their son home after World War II, they're eager to resume the old roles and routines--and the old battles and silences. But an innocent bouquet of roses and a well-meaning lie sends their small world reeling. Past mistakes and misunderstandings catch up with them at last and force all three to face the truth: there are some hurts that can be healed--and some that can't.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
RIVISITING "ROSES"
While not quite up to 1964 original, this is a fine production of a worthy drama, and it is blessed with three fine actors under Amy Wrights able staging. The Pearl Theatre again shows itself to be a fine company and they have done some notable work this year. Again, this was a fine theatre evening.
Reviewed by MRBDWAY
on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
RE:The Subject Was Roses
I hadnt been to a Pearl production for a few years, but was interested in seeing how they approached this Frank Gilroy piece. I can only say that it was like seeing it for the first time. Previous productions of this play had left me disappointed, wondering what I was missing. Critics liked it; it was a big prize winner when it opened in the 60s, but for me it just didnt quite resonate. Well, the Pearl production, directed by the very skilled Amy Wright, makes it clear that the problem was not with the play itself. When performed by this present cast, with the energy and expression serving to convey with consummate clarity the deep layers of feeling that have accumulated over the course of more than twenty years of marriage, the result can only be a most satisfying evening of theater.
Reviewed by garygiardina
on Sunday, Apr 18th, 2010
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The strength of Frank D. Gilroy's 1965 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama
The Subject Was Roses, currently being revived by The Pearl Theatre Company at City Center - Stage II, is in its restraint. A depiction of a disappointed marriage, the sensitively observed three character domestic drama depends on finely detailed, nuanced performances to fully achieve its poignancy. Under Amy Wright's direction, the cast s generally -- but not always consistently -- up to the challenge.
This delicate slice-of-life work, set in 1946, takes place in the working class Bronx apartment of the Irish-Catholic Cleary family, where son Timmy (Matthew Amendt) has returned home from World War II service. What might ha[...]