Frost/Nixon

This was a great production, I really enjoyed it. After the play I had the opportunity to watch the movie. I found out that the movie was adapted from the play, between the movie and the theater production there was little to no difference, except one being on stage and the other a film.
As a member of the Audience I did not feel at anytime bored or that the actors lost my attention. The stage was a Proscenium Arch and the house was full. It was 1hour and 45 minutes with no intermission (you did not realize how fast time flew). The playwright did an incredible job in researching the actual events before writing his play because the interview was very close to the actual interview.
I appreciated how simple, yet interesting the sets were. The crew did a fantastic job in switching scenes, moved very quickly, which really helped in not losing track of the story. I especially enjoyed the airplane scene. Rarely do we get to see scenes, such on airplanes, on stage, it is very usual in movie productions, so when I saw it, that I loved it. The use of projector screens was very appropriate for this play. The marriage of TV and real life acting worked. I almost felt like I was watching Frost’s interview at home.
I really enjoyed this production.
Thank You
James L

Louis's at 1st and Main

Louis's at 1st and Main is the story of a homeless man, Dimitri, Living in a cardboard box in a big city. Seeing that it was behind a coffee shop, I think it would be best to say that the stage was a combination of black box and found space. As you walk in to take your seat, you can not help notice the beautiful set design, two apartment buildings stand side by side with a small alley way between them. The buildings have a brownstone look to them, (which look very realistic) and the alley way is where our main character, Dimitri, resides, in his cardboard box.
The backdrop gave us a clear idea of the location of Dimitri, who had very neat torn cloths and did look a little too clean for a street bum. I also wondered about Louis's clean feet, though in the end we find out who he really is; which kinder explained his cleanliness. The band and feathers on him in the end also gave clues to his real identity. The other thing I did not appreciate was that during the intermission, the actor, who played Louis, mingled with the audience, which in my opinion took away the believability to his character. Through the second half of the play I had a hard time seeing him as his character. Tessie's costume was very effective, she wore mismatched colors; it almost felt like she found things on the street and made them into cloths. Her character was very believable; she gave of the impression of a crazy street lady, well done.
I really enjoyed that being our first play, we started out with something small and moved to bigger things as we progressed.

Thank You
James L.