Nephele Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 "Dionysus arrives at Thebes to claim godly recognition from a disbelieving, ascetic King Pentheus, opening the door to a sardonic, contemporary look at the battle between hedonism and repression." -- Adam Hetrick, Playbill A veteran stage actor in the U.K. with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and the National Theatre of Scotland, Alan Cumming returns to New York City this summer reprising his role as the hedonist god Dionysus in David Greig's modern interpretation of Euripides' The Bacchae, a National Theatre of Scotland production which premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival last year. Most Americans may recognize Alan Cumming as the actor who played the quirky character of Glitch the Scarecrow in last winter's three-part sci-fi/fantasy television series, Tin Man. While Cumming has appeared in numerous other motion pictures over the years, to New Yorkers he is fondly remembered for his stage role as the Master of Ceremonies in the recent revival of Cabaret (for which Cumming won the 1998 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical), as well as for his more recent Broadway stage role as Macheath in the 2006 revival of the Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill The Threepenny Opera. Director of The Bacchae, John Tiffany, studied classics at university and had wanted to direct The Bacchae for 20 years. In a June 24th interview for The Village Voice, Tiffany described the play as being about "glamour, and a kind of sexy worship." He commissioned classics professor Ian Ruffell to provide a literal translation of Euripides' play, and one of Scotland's leading playwrights, David Greig, to adapt it. There will be 13 performances at New York City's Rose Theater (located at 33 West 60th Street), July 2nd through July 13th, as part of the Lincoln Center Festival '08. (Click on link for ticket information. I've already got my ticket.) -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Lucky dog. Enjoy yourself, sounds promising (although that Tin Man series the star previously played in was quite bad, I thought). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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