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Curley's wife | Of Mice and Men on Broadway S&S #3: Leighton impresses critics with her interpretation of Curley's wife, and us too!
OF MICE AND MEN on Broadway #3 x SYNOPSIS Of Mice and Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck and first published 1937. The novella set during The Great Depression on a ranch in California centers around the intelligent but uneducated George and Lennie, a man with limited mental abilities. They have an unlikely friendship with George acting as Lennie's protector. The friends are soon approached by their boss' son, Curley; an aggressive man who has a inferiority complex, and the situation is deteriorating as the days go by. CURLEY'S WIFE Leighton will take on the role of Curley's wife in the Broadway peoduction. A lonely woman with crushed dreams about becoming a movie star. To her this is the reason for her behavior on the ranch. ABOUT THE PRODUCTION The Broadway production will be directed by Tony award-winning director Anna D. Shapiro. It is produced by David Binder with Kate Lear, Darren Bagert, Adam Zotovich, Barbara Whitman and Latitude Link. The production officially opened at the Longacre Theater on April 16, 2014. CAST James Franco - George Milton Chris O'Dowd - Lennie Small Leighton Meester - Curley's wife Jim Norton - Candy Jim Parrack - Slim Alex Morf - Curley Ron Cephas Jones - Crooks Joel Marsh Garland - Carlson James McMenamin - Whit Jim Ortlieb - The Boss REVIEWS Variety | The Hollywood Reporter | The Telegraph | Talkin' Broadway | USA Today | The Independent | Vulture NEWS James Franco, Chris O'Dowd & Leighton Meester Take First Bows in OF MICE AND MEN James Franco, Chris O'Dowd & OF MICE AND MEN Company Take Opening Night Bows! Drama League Awards Go Broad with Crowded List of 2014 Nominations I'm Not a Tart: The Feminist Subtext of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men __________________
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I, however, disagree with her point about it's a sad day for art that Shapiro made the conscious decision to de-objectify Curley's wife. That's a valid argument -- if they feel like they have to neuter a character or dumb down the story because they don't want to perpetuate rape culture or don't have faith in the audience to "get it" -- but I think making Curley's wife less about sex and titillation is more powerful because it shows that the men will objectify her regardless. And that's something every woman will deal with her life. Society will always find an excuse to be undermining and scapegoating of women. It's too bad some of the critics don't see the irony. Also reading about Curley's wife being more provocative in contrast with the working men is one thing, but having to see an actress be the only sexually desperate figure, live and in-person, in a cast of full men is a different story. It would be unfair to her. __________________
"I hope that young women aren't looking at this and thinking, 'I should model my relationships after this,' because it was so dramatic and there was some domestic violence in there that I didn't necessarily love." -- Leighton Meester Last edited by clair carlyle; 04-24-2014 at 07:14 AM |
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I put some of the reviews in the OP. If I missed one you think should be there just let me know
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Have fun! I'm seeing it June
Drama Desk Awards announced. Chris O'Dowd for Best Actor and Of Mice and Men for Best Revival. Anna D. Shapiro scored one but for her other play, Domesticated. This is excitingggg! 2014 Drama Desk Award Nominations - GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE Leads with 12; Followed by BRIDGES, FUN HOME, ALADDIN, ROCKY & More --- New commercial w/ new pic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D5BXxvPeo0 __________________
"I hope that young women aren't looking at this and thinking, 'I should model my relationships after this,' because it was so dramatic and there was some domestic violence in there that I didn't necessarily love." -- Leighton Meester Last edited by clair carlyle; 04-25-2014 at 12:36 PM |
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So happy for them! Hope we'll see the whole cast there.
That new pic has to go in the OP No Leighton/Zooey |
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thats amazing news, i wish leighton and zooey pic happened too
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Maybe they'll meet at another event.
I added that new pic to the op |
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So happy the show is getting nominations!
I meant to include this with my review and forgot, but here is Leighton's bio in the "Who's Who in the Cast" section of the Playbill. Quote:
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I would love Leighton to have been part of a Tony winning broadway show
Random thought, but I wonder which of the lovely male cast members picks up Leighton and carries her off stage after her death scenes. I bet they think she is light as a feather. Another review... Quote:
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