Comments on: Disappearing Act http://www.pcs.org/disappearing-act/ This is Your Blog on Theater Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Front Row http://www.pcs.org/disappearing-act/comment-page-1/#comment-21309 Front Row Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:45:07 +0000 http://www.pcs.org/?p=3275#comment-21309 I recommend this show. Be prepared for an intense night of theater. The sound effects, lighting and claustrophobic set relentlessly assault your senses. They combine to help you feel what the main character feels... a world crashing around him. Acting is superb. Special kudos to the three actors playing multiple parts. They are convincing each time they take the stage. Enthralling. I recommend this show. Be prepared for an intense night of theater. The sound effects, lighting and claustrophobic set relentlessly assault your senses. They combine to help you feel what the main character feels… a world crashing around him. Acting is superb. Special kudos to the three actors playing multiple parts. They are convincing each time they take the stage. Enthralling.

]]> By: Scott Fisher http://www.pcs.org/disappearing-act/comment-page-1/#comment-21287 Scott Fisher Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:03:52 +0000 http://www.pcs.org/?p=3275#comment-21287 Since the previous comment mentions the staging, I'll simply say that we just got back from seeing this play and the staging in particular was simply brilliant! Any hope for a backstage tour? Everything about this play was brilliant, though. Cody's intensity (especially in the "But you don't" speech), the way each performer creates their different characters, the timing and direction (particularly when all five were speaking near the end of the second act), all came together for a tight, riveting evening of theater. But most of all, this show is an ideal example of the way five people, some colored lights, and a few props can create an entire world for the space of a few hours. This is why I come to the theater. Great work, everyone! Since the previous comment mentions the staging, I’ll simply say that we just got back from seeing this play and the staging in particular was simply brilliant! Any hope for a backstage tour?

Everything about this play was brilliant, though. Cody’s intensity (especially in the “But you don’t” speech), the way each performer creates their different characters, the timing and direction (particularly when all five were speaking near the end of the second act), all came together for a tight, riveting evening of theater.

But most of all, this show is an ideal example of the way five people, some colored lights, and a few props can create an entire world for the space of a few hours. This is why I come to the theater. Great work, everyone!

]]> By: WWire | Curtain Raiser: Nazis with rockets and glassy Godot. http://www.pcs.org/disappearing-act/comment-page-1/#comment-21242 WWire | Curtain Raiser: Nazis with rockets and glassy Godot. Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:08:31 +0000 http://www.pcs.org/?p=3275#comment-21242 [...] One the topic of How to Disappear Completely: It's a really fascinating script, inspired by the alarmingly high number of British citizens who go missing every year, many of them at their own volition. Staging it must be a nightmare: the stage directions call for dozens of locations, from Underground stations to bathrooms to an ocean-side pier. I don't envy the task the production designers have before them. Also, the cast looks great. [...] [...] One the topic of How to Disappear Completely: It’s a really fascinating script, inspired by the alarmingly high number of British citizens who go missing every year, many of them at their own volition. Staging it must be a nightmare: the stage directions call for dozens of locations, from Underground stations to bathrooms to an ocean-side pier. I don’t envy the task the production designers have before them. Also, the cast looks great. [...]

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