The Glass House
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened May 16, 2010
Closed Jun 5, 2010
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
Visit the The Glass House website:
http://www.ResonanceEnsemble.org
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The design and building of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House and Philip Johnson's Glass House is the background for The Glass House's penetrating dramatic plot that entwines the epic conflict between artist and patron. The play explores the classic struggle of ambition, passion and betrayal.
Talkbacks
MAY 15 - Playwright of The Glass House, JUNE FINFER
MAY 18 - Architect, ANNABELLE SELLDORF
MAY 20 - MoMA's BARRY BERGDOLL
MAY 25 - Ibsen scholar and former President of The Ibsen Society of America, JOAN TEMPLETON
MAY 26 - Architectural Critics and Author, PAUL GOLDBERGER
MAY 28 - Architectural Educator, DIETRICH NEUMANN
JUNE 1 - Executive Directors of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House and Philip Johnson's Glass House, CHRISTY MACLEAR and WHITNEY FRENCH
JUNE 3 - Architect//Designer and star of TLC's Trading Spaces and HGTV's Hidden Potential's BARRY WOOD
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When tackling the life and work of a creative genius, most playwrights choose to paint portraits of misunderstood saviors, deluded madmen, or monstres sacre. But June Finfer takes a more considered -- and ultimately more welcome -- approach to the German-born architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in her ambitious new play,
The Glass House, now being presented by the Resonance Ensemble at the Clurman Theatre.
Moreover, the multidimensionality that Finfer has put on the page is augmented by director Evan Bergman's guidance of the performance of Harris Yulin, who brings an excellently calibrated mix of egoism and humanity to van der Rohe, who had to rebuild his highly successful career in Americ[...]