It is told by an adult narrator (Binder), who reflects on a 1930s holiday season he spent at age 7, having been deposited years before by his wayward parents in a large Alabama home filled with relatives. The Whale Theatre's co-founder and artistic producer, Matt Joslyn, is co-leader of Tectonic and directed "A Christmas Memory."Ĭapote's largely autobiographical short story was first published in Mademoiselle magazine in 1956. The scenic and lighting design are by David Lander, who has Tony Award nominations for lighting "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" and "33 Variations." The latter was a production of Tectonic Theater Project, most famous for "The Laramie Project," about the murder of Matthew Shepard. The stage is set with only a desk and a stool, and the venue has more than a dozen Christmas trees, by the front door and behind the playing space, with stage illumination from traditional theater lights and color-changing overhead globes.
3, 10 and 17, and a few additional seats may be released prior to select performances. Saturday matinees are being added for Dec. 18, was essentially sold out before it opened Thursday night, though 2 p.m. The run, with performances Thursday through Sunday through Dec. Running time: 90 minutes, including one intermissionĬontinues: 7:30 p.m. Where: The Whale Theatre at Park Theater, 723 Warren St., Hudson Up first is Capote's story, presented as a 45-minute staged radio play with two actors and two instrumentalists providing dialogue, music and sound effects the second is a half-hour cabaret with holiday tunes and a few standards sung by cast member and Whale Theatre co-founder/artistic director Jeffrey Binder, as well as one number each to showcase the musicians, bassist Brandon Kulzer and Neal Spitzer, who plays keyboard, guitar and tenor sax.
Presented in the intimate setting of the Park Theater, with a capacity of less than 30 at two-person tables, "A Christmas Memory" is a two-part, 90-minute evening. HUDSON - Whether a one-time gift or the start of what could become a cherished holiday tradition, the new Whale Theatre's staging of Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" is a gentle, charming evening of consummately performed and designed entertainment. 18, 2022, by the new Whale Theatre at the Park Theater in Hudson.
Jeffrey Binder, left, and Marceline Hugot co-star in "A Christmas Memory," a staging with music of the Truman Capote holiday story being preseted through Dec.
0 kommentar(er)
