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- 1play = Duke Ellington & Me
2name = steven
3email = spatter@ix.netcom.com
4rating = 3 Stars
5review = A sweet little piece marred for me by several factors. Luba's
charming stage presence (and some truly marvelous moments) were undercut
by the fact that, for the most part, she was extremely difficult to hear.
The fact that she carried a script throughout was also a real disappointment,
particularly since these were supposed to be her own reminiscences. Her
delivery (I assume because of this fact) was quite slow and almost unvarying
throughout, with huge pauses between thoughts. And for a play about one
of the giants of jazz, I would have expected much more variation in tempos
& experimentation with structure. There was flatness to the language,
a tendency toward cliche in expression, and a relentless linearity in how
the piece played out -- no real riffs, no real surprises. The play unfolded
more like a party conversation than a theatre piece. Still, the stories
themselves were lovely and the effect ultimately touching, and despite
the difficulties I had with Luba's !
performance, her sincerity & the earnestness of the entire enterprise
mostly shone through. Just wish the piece had mirrored Ellington's own
creativity and taken a few more chances, gone out on a few more limbs.
Nice, but evanescent.
- 1play = Duke Ellington and Me
2name = Jonathan
3email =
4rating = 2 Stars
5review = Some interesting stuff, the novelty is interesting, but not a
very deep story. Seems a bit sugar-coated and self-congratulatorty. needs
some pace and thrust in direction. Like several things I've seen this year,
more fit for an essay than the stage at this point
- 1play = Duke Ellington and Me
2name = Jay Martin
3email = scenography@hotmail.com
4rating = 3 Stars
5review = Interesting if you're interested. Much of it would have the same
impact as a magazine article rather than a performance, but it is nice
to see Ellington imitated by someone who knows. You leave knowing something
about him, something about her, but not having gone all the way to the
bottom of the story.
- Play: Duke E & Moi
- Name: Sue McDonald
- Rating: 2 stars
- Review: Lovely, lovely lady in an outstanding dress (I'm sure someone
will suggest she apply make-up ALSO to her neck & chest). And indeed
she got over her nervousness (I'd have been a wreck). But, enough with
20+ minutes into of WOE is me! More, More, more good Duke stuff . The chairs
& mike worked really well. Just DECREASE the intro.
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