Arts Tonight in Stranger Suggests
posted by on November 11 at 12:55 PM
‘Waiting for Godot’ (TRAGICOMEDY) Samuel Beckett was obviously awesome: He was once stabbed in the chest by, and subsequently forgave, a Parisian pimp named Prudent. Waiting for Godot is obviously one of the great plays of the 20th century: an improbably funny two-act free fall into despair, futility, suicide, and vaudeville. This is obviously one of the great productions of this play: an Irish company with seasoned Godot actors and a director who knew Beckett and assisted the old playwright when he directed Godot in Berlin in 1975. (Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave, 292-2787. 2 and 8 pm, $38.50—$43.50 before Ticketmaster’s egregious service charges.) BRENDAN KILEY
"We all are born mad. Some remain so." (from Waiting for Godot, 1952)
Beckett is fantastic!
Forty dollars to watch two guys get all existential while waiting for some asshole who never shows up? PASS.
You're nuts, Gomez. Great stuff. But Beckett is a better novelist than playwright.
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Great stuff to read, and good stuff to see, but not for $40.
I'm going to Borat.
Very Nice!! Im going to rent Waiting for Guffman.
Korky is off the hook.
Favorite stage direction:
Vladimir uses his intelligence.
VLADIMIR: (finally). I remain in the dark.
My fiance and I were walking by the convention center on Wednesday and were approached by a gentleman associated with the production who was offering free Godot tickets to everyone in sight. "Please, I just don't want the actors to perform before an empty house," he said. Best evidence I've ever seen that Godot fucking sucks, and everyone knows it.
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