Treasure Island
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 5, 2011
Closed Mar 26, 2011
Opened Mar 5, 2011
Closed Mar 26, 2011
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Running Time:
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson;
Adapted for the stage by Vernon Morris and B.H. Barry. Directed by B.H. Barry
PIRATES PROMISE
"First come, first served" the first batch of the BEST seats in the house will be sold for only $20.00
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
RE:Swashbuckling fun, and more
My wife and I and our 7-year-old enjoyed this thoroughly, right down to the dazzling sword fights and authentically loud musket fire. But its more than a lark, with very fine performances and a touching center to the play in the touching relationship between innocent Tom Hawkins and old salt Long John Silver.
Great fun and highly recommended!
Paul Reynolds, gold club member
Reviewed by reynpa
on Saturday, Mar 5th, 2011
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Despite some clever minimalist staging -- in which rolling platforms, constantly reconfigured, serve as boats, docks, decks, and fortifications -- and a number of stellar performances, a certain monotony in the pacing creates a drag on the new version of Treasure Island, now unfurling in the grand space of Brooklyn's Irondale Center.
As adapted by director B.H. Barry and playwright Vernon Morris from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, the script could use some further shaping. Time and again, voices mount, weapons are brandished, and soon yet another pirate is dispatched, victim to his own monomaniacal greed or that of his mates. Every scene begins and ends with a sea chantey (haunt[...]