Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 26, 2003
Closed Feb 16, 2003
Opened Jan 26, 2003
Closed Feb 16, 2003
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Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran centers on an unlikely friendship between a troubled Jewish boy and a solitary Arab man. Young Moise quickly learns that Monsieur Ibrahim has much more to offer him than the small grocery items that Moise routinely pilfers from Ibrahim's neighborhood store. Set in 1960s Paris, the play examines the definition of family, both the one acquired at birth and the one earned, chosen, and nurtured over the course of a life.
Opening night takes place on Sunday, January 26 at 7:00pm. There is no 3:00pm performance on that date.
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You could call Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran a nick-of-time monologue. It arrives at a time when many audience members would likely admit that they've just about given up any hope of a substantial Jewish/Arab entente. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's 70-minute counter-argument, translated by Stéphane Laporte, carries the French subtitle
"l'homme réconcilié," meaning, of course, "the reconciled man." And reconciliation is the burden of Schmitt's ultimately sweet song. He seems firmly to believe that there's always hope for international rapprochement and that it can begin with one-on-one encounters. Moreover, he suggests with touching conviction that reconcili[...]