The popularity of epic theatre and film projects shows audiences are hungry for a deeper experience than Twitter can offer
Two artistic marathons are taking place this weekend. Theatregoers at the Norfolk and Norwich festival will sit through a 12-hour experimental play called Life and Times, which chronicles the life of an ordinary young woman in the Us. And in Brighton, film fans will watch the final four-hour instalment of Berlin Alexanderplatz, Fassbinder's 15-and-a-half-hour adaptation of one of Germany's best-loved novels. Ticket sales for both events have been good.
Gatz, an eight-hour production in which every single word of The Great Gatsby is read out on stage, was a sellout when it opened in London last summer with the kind of rave reviews Baz Luhrmann can only dream of for his film.
There is nothing new about marathon shows. Peter Brook's Mahabharata was nine hours, and Wagner's Ring Cycle...
Two artistic marathons are taking place this weekend. Theatregoers at the Norfolk and Norwich festival will sit through a 12-hour experimental play called Life and Times, which chronicles the life of an ordinary young woman in the Us. And in Brighton, film fans will watch the final four-hour instalment of Berlin Alexanderplatz, Fassbinder's 15-and-a-half-hour adaptation of one of Germany's best-loved novels. Ticket sales for both events have been good.
Gatz, an eight-hour production in which every single word of The Great Gatsby is read out on stage, was a sellout when it opened in London last summer with the kind of rave reviews Baz Luhrmann can only dream of for his film.
There is nothing new about marathon shows. Peter Brook's Mahabharata was nine hours, and Wagner's Ring Cycle...
- 5/25/2013
- by Kirsty Lang
- The Guardian - Film News
The only show I can really remember watching about a medical examiner was Quincy M.E. Now, I know there have to have been more on since then, but the only one that made an impression must have been Quincy.
It also seems years since Dana Delany has been where she belongs: headlining a show and acting in a medical capaci ty. If you were breathing at the time I hope you were watching China Beach hands down one of the best shows about a war ever created, and for some reason, also one of the best shows not available on DVD. Point is, Delany proved herself for years as Nurse Colleen Murphy, and she deserves this role.
The result of the hard work of the show runners, the cast and writers is Body of Proof is a good show. I was captivated by the pilot. Dr. Megan Hunt years ago...
It also seems years since Dana Delany has been where she belongs: headlining a show and acting in a medical capaci ty. If you were breathing at the time I hope you were watching China Beach hands down one of the best shows about a war ever created, and for some reason, also one of the best shows not available on DVD. Point is, Delany proved herself for years as Nurse Colleen Murphy, and she deserves this role.
The result of the hard work of the show runners, the cast and writers is Body of Proof is a good show. I was captivated by the pilot. Dr. Megan Hunt years ago...
- 3/28/2011
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVovermind.com
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