Well, it look like Orson Welles' play, Moby Dick Rehearsed is coming to NCSU tomorrow night.

I was pretty excited when I saw the flyer. I am a big fan of Welles' films and knew the basic plot (troop of actors preparing to rehearse King Lear switch gears to perform Moby Dick). But now that I'm reading up on it, I don't think I knew as much about it as I thought.

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/theater/reviews/10moby.html

Can anyone give me their impressions? Is it farce? Is it melodrama?

Any help would be much appreciated.

3/24/2008 9:56:16 AM

yeah, i'm cumming to NCSU tomorrow

3/24/2008 11:12:52 AM

it should be a good show!! everyone needs to go see !! ^_^

3/24/2008 2:47:42 PM

I thought that thread was going to be about someone bragging about their drumming skills.

3/25/2008 6:22:14 AM

Is it easy to get a student ticket with your NCSU ID if you are an alum (graduated in december) or do they swipe it to confirm?

Looks great.

3/25/2008 8:40:52 AM

I hope you guys went to see this.

It was terrific.

3/26/2008 9:20:42 AM

CERTAINLY not farce or melodrama...

in fact, it was pretty much just MOBY DICK the play... the framing device wasn't a very big part of it at all; it really only established that what you'd be seeing would be light on staging and costuming/props, that some women would be playing Pip and the African guy, and let Welles throw in a few offhand one-liners about critics the and theater.

i can only imagine Getting to see the big guy himself play Ahab... Jeeeesus.

from the NY Times..

Quote :

"... But this play rises and falls on the strength of Ahab, and Mr. Duerr is happily up to the challenge. With sunken eyes that betray a touch of madness, he looks like a man losing a battle but refusing to give up. He doesn’t perform off his fellow actors so much as recite his lines to the heavens, which makes perfect sense, since he’s playing a dictatorial actor playing a dictatorial captain. At his best, Mr. Duerr’s booming baritone even brings to mind Welles himself. Call me impressed. "

[Edited on March 26, 2008 at 9:26 AM. Reason : typ]

3/26/2008 9:25:58 AM