Myths and Hymns
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 31, 2012
Closed Feb 26, 2012
Opened Jan 31, 2012
Closed Feb 26, 2012
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As a daughter returns to move her ailing mother out of the family home, the two wrestle with the ghosts of their father and husband, brother and son, re-living and confronting their mythologized past. Director Elizabeth Lucas's original concept brings a character-driven context to Adam Guettel's celebrated song cycle, illuminating the intricate relationships amongst a single family.
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Adam Guettel's entrancingly ethereal 1998 song cycle Myths and Hymns, now at the West End Theatre, becomes a rather pedestrian affair when matched with the new narrative that writer/director Elizabeth Lucas has created for The Prospect Theatre Company.
Lucas never captures the transcendent wonderment that's inherent in Guettel's work. Instead, she frames the songs within the context of an emotionally fraught evening for an elderly woman (Linda Balgord), seemingly suffering from Alzheimer's disease, as she spends one final night in the home where she's raised her children.
Following a fight with "Daughter" (Anika Larsen) -- none of the characters are given names beyond their generic roles[...]