Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 5, 2010
Closed Oct 31, 2010
Opened Oct 5, 2010
Closed Oct 31, 2010
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Esther Greenwood, heroine of The Bell Jar, must mix, blend and whip her memories, fantasies and illusions into the most perfect poem of her life before Olson the Magic Oven takes her away.
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Sylvia Plath's life literally flashes before her eyes in the final seconds before her death in Edward Anthony's cleverly conceived solo show,
Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath, now at 59E59 Theaters. But calling it a "solo show" may be misleading, even though the dazzling Elisabeth Gray is the only performer onstage.
Gray's character is actually called Esther Greenwood -- the protagonist of Plath's semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar -- and she spends lots of time interacting with celluloid characters in a series of short black-and-white silent films (well executed by John Framanesh-Boccaa) representing the images swirling around in Plath's head. Not only does Gray voice the words of those c[...]