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Bent to the Flame - A Night with Tennessee Williams
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Aug 12, 2007
Closed Aug 26, 2007
Running Time:
1hr. 20min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Fugitive Productions presents Bent to the Flame - A Night with Tennessee Williams, written and performed by Doug Tompos and directed by Michael Michetti.

With wit and passion, the young playwright explores his desires, demons and intense devotion to the poet Hart Crane. A provocative look into the heart of the man and his muse. N.Y. Premiere.

"Intimate and nuanced... assured direction." - LA Weekly

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



SoHo Playhouse
15 Vandam St
New York, NY 10013

Darren Lee Cole has assumed control of the 199 seat SOHO PLAYHOUSE located at 15 Van Dam Street in New York City. Mr. Cole was the producer of the highly acclaimed and successful KILLER JOE, produced at the SOHO PLAYHOUSE in 1999. Partnering with Mr [...] Read More

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

[Ed. Note: This is the second in a series of TM review roundups of shows in the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival.]

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Few people would ever think of linking the astringent Samuel Beckett with the florid Tennessee Williams. When, however, in Bent to the Flame - A Night with Tennessee Williams the latter playwright says, "I can't write and I have to write," a connection between the two disparate legends looms electrifyingly into view. The Williams declaration is instantly recognizable as a poignant variation on Beckett's defining outburst "I can't go on, I must go on."

This revelation is only one of the surprises in the solo show Doug Tompos has writte[...]


Reviewed by Dan Bacalzo, David Finkle on Aug 17, 2007

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