Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Woolly Mammoth 2002

at The Kennedy Center
Washington, DC
June 2002

Director: Howard Shalwitz
Set Design: James Krozner
Costume Design: Elena Zlotescu

The naked Lydia is greeted by Giuliano, a masked Dionysian transdresser in Barbie-style stiletto heels who pipes an obbligato gay man's version of love throughout the play. After Lydia dries off and puts on her slip, her sisters Thyona and Olympia struggle onstage dragging their hope chest.

James Krozner's set -- part padded cell, part "The Bold Look of Kohler" -- is a particularly whimsical wonder that provides the perfect playground for Howard Shalwitz's intensely physical direction of a top-notch cast, bedecked in wildly eclectic, fantastical costumes by Elena Zlotescu.
Jonathan Padget, Metro Weekly
http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/stage.php?ak=15
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