Jenny Dare Paulin and Bill Heck. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.Foote's Orphans' Home Cycle is 'Don't-Miss' Theater
By Lauren Yarger
If you're going to spend nine hours in the theater, I can't think of a better place than the Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre, where Horton Foote's saga of the journey of Horace Robedaux (Bill Heck) from boy to manhood plays through March 28.
The beautifully staged piece is directed by Michael Wilson, artistic director of Hartford Stage, which collaborated with Signature on this production and presented it prior to its New York run.
The saga, condensed by the author from nine of his plays into a three-part nine-hour play, is presented as three separate plays or as marathons of all three. It's not like some of the other shows presented in parts like the Brother/Sisters Plays or last year's The Norman Conquests where it doesn't matter in which order you see the pieces. See these in order so you can savor Foote's masterful storytelling.
The sets by designers Jeff Cowie and David Barber are fabulous. After the ninth play ends, I guarantee you'll wish there were more.
For a review of part one, The Story of a Childhood from the Hartford run (same cast/crew) click here.
Part 2: The Story of a Marriage opens Dec. 3 and Part 3: The Story of a Family opens Jan. 7.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.signaturetheatre.org/. The theater is located at 555 West 42nd St.
By Lauren Yarger
If you're going to spend nine hours in the theater, I can't think of a better place than the Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre, where Horton Foote's saga of the journey of Horace Robedaux (Bill Heck) from boy to manhood plays through March 28.
The beautifully staged piece is directed by Michael Wilson, artistic director of Hartford Stage, which collaborated with Signature on this production and presented it prior to its New York run.
The saga, condensed by the author from nine of his plays into a three-part nine-hour play, is presented as three separate plays or as marathons of all three. It's not like some of the other shows presented in parts like the Brother/Sisters Plays or last year's The Norman Conquests where it doesn't matter in which order you see the pieces. See these in order so you can savor Foote's masterful storytelling.
The sets by designers Jeff Cowie and David Barber are fabulous. After the ninth play ends, I guarantee you'll wish there were more.
For a review of part one, The Story of a Childhood from the Hartford run (same cast/crew) click here.
Part 2: The Story of a Marriage opens Dec. 3 and Part 3: The Story of a Family opens Jan. 7.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.signaturetheatre.org/. The theater is located at 555 West 42nd St.
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