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Oct 10, 2019 Neil rated information technology really liked information technology
This is unusual. The setting is a small, high-end eating place run by a couple. She'south all near the nutrient, while he's virtually paying off the large loan, just also compulsive near eating the food, and booking more diners than she can handle. Three modest groups of diners come in and equally the play progresses, their reactions to food become emblematic, somewhat allegorical of their relationships, their personalities, even their sexuality. This would be difficult to stage with the need for a kitchen, working This is unusual. The setting is a pocket-sized, loftier-end eatery run by a couple. She's all about the food, while he's about paying off the big loan, simply also compulsive about eating the food, and booking more diners than she can handle. Three small groups of diners come up in and as the play progresses, their reactions to food get emblematic, somewhat emblematic of their relationships, their personalities, even their sexuality. This would exist hard to phase with the need for a kitchen, working appliances, lots of nutrient and spills that involve the costumes, only I'd love to see a product that pulled information technology off. One slight hesitation: we've all been exposed to a lot more than foodie boob tube since this was written, does the nutrient vocabulary still agree up? ...more
Mar 01, 2013 Stephen rated it liked it
Cal and Ellen are living their dream. He quit a $95,000/yr job as a New York lawyer to get $75,000 into debt and open a loftier-end eatery in an old home where his wife works her magic at the stove. [The amounts are expressed in 1979 dollars.] Every bit befits a play about food, this one is all about appetites: hers to cook, his to consume compulsively, those of the diners who brand up the bandage. The play reveals the relationships three tables of diners to food. This, in plough, reveals their sensual, sexual Cal and Ellen are living their dream. He quit a $95,000/year task as a New York lawyer to go $75,000 into debt and open a high-terminate restaurant in an sometime dwelling house where his wife works her magic at the stove. [The amounts are expressed in 1979 dollars.] As befits a play about food, this one is all well-nigh appetites: hers to cook, his to eat compulsively, those of the diners who make up the cast. The play reveals the relationships 3 tables of diners to food. This, in plow, reveals their sensual, sexual and social appetites, equally well. The resulting compote is delicious. Tina Howe has a remarkable literary full-blooded. Her male parent was a new commentator on CBS, her mother an artist, her uncle a law professor at Harvard, her grandfather a biographer and poet, and her great grandfather the Episcopal Bishop of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Although not as well known as her play "Painting Churches," "The Art of Dining" was produced at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. ...more
I read this play as a consideration for my fall product at school. It is probably a lilliputian too adult for my students, just it is an interesting contemplation on the nature of desire ("appetite," to employ the playwright'southward words). I thought some of the scenes were a picayune silly. I besides thought some of the adult humor came out of nowhere since the commencement half of the play was pretty sanitary. It seemed like all of a sudden at the end, Howe pulled out the f-bombs and body part jokes. I read this play as a consideration for my fall product at schoolhouse. It is probably a fiddling likewise adult for my students, but information technology is an interesting contemplation on the nature of desire ("appetite," to use the playwright'south words). I thought some of the scenes were a little silly. I also thought some of the developed humor came out of nowhere since the first half of the play was pretty sanitary. It seemed like suddenly at the end, Howe pulled out the f-bombs and trunk part jokes. ...more
Feb 18, 2016 Helen rated information technology actually liked it
Super, super fun! The characters were nifty and the play was pretty relatable and funny. I just wanted more than closure at the cease. The conflicts were brought upwards well, and they were able to end well besides. Information technology would probably be astonishing on stage.
October 28, 2007 Sarah rated it actually liked information technology
Recommends it for: anyone interesting in socially important theatre
prepare in a living room turned dining establishment, the play gives an interesting wait at people watching, social bug and mail 2d wave feminism
Jul 25, 2011 Ash rated it it was ok
I didn't find the play all that interesting. It was a short play but a lot more could have happened in that time. I didn't notice the play all that interesting. It was a short play but a lot more could have happened in that time. ...more
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