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This play was fabulous! You can't go wrong with Tennessee Williams. The characters are so human - you love them and hate them all at he same time. And the acting was just wonderful. We keep discussing subtle points. It's the type of play you mull over for a long time. A must see!
My own fault... should have remembered that Tenessee Williams plays are not so "upbeat"!!! The acting was spot on, the set was beautiful and Scarlett Johanson was perfect for the part. but I didn't love it. Liked it - -yes. Just a sad story.
It was a memorable performance of this well known Tennesse Williams classic. I took my son for his 20th birthday, we were initially interested in seeing Sarlett Johnasson. We were pleased to find that the whole cast was strong and held our attention over the 3 acts. How Ms. Johnassen could remember 1 act full of dialogue was very impressive, Williams is very wordy. At the end we noted how stunning the set was, how pure the lighting appeared, even the cut out tree reflections gave a soothing feeling and warmth of the south.
Gripping and intense drama with fabulous cast who performed magnificently. What a treat! I was hypnotized.
Was excited to see Scarlett Johansson on stage but the first two acts are just all exposition so kept nodding off. Third act was better, but throughout there were no highs and lows - all the same level. Very repetitive. If they're gonna charge so much for tickets, it had better be more entertaining. Also, had to strain to hear all thru act one - if not using mikes, gotta speak up! Someone must have complained because the rest was louder. My friend was happy to see Scarlett in a slip but we both kept falling asleep. The set was nice but rear orchestra was so far back - top of set was blocked by the overhang.
The play itself is dated and the characters are not that likable. Scarlett Johanson is kinda lost on the stage. Maybe the stage is just not for her. Benjamin Walker is also not a big presence on the stage. Cherene Snow and Lance Roberts bring the play to life as big mama and big dad. We get to see Benjamin Walker's rear end which was not necessary and silly. Just an ok overall theater experience.
Johansson makes a mess of an otherwise average production
The characters were portrayed perfectly, all performances excellent. Ms. Johansson's lines were a little difficult to decipher in the beginning (her voice didn't carry up to the mezzanine seats as clearly as the other actor's voices) but her performance was as such the scene was understood and the story easily followed.
A classic redone with the strength of outstanding performances by Johannsen, HInds and Monk. Gorgeous settings
I could not believe how terrible Scarlet Johansen was. A screaming, unintelligible harridan. Not any Maggie the Cat I know. I went home and immediately put the Elizabeth Taylor movie in my Netflix queue.
I don't understand the choices of any of the professionals associated with this production. Brick gave up shortly after Maggie's opening monologue, so there was NO need for the play to continue. Maggie's through line choice was: "I can't be poor again". OK, but to accomplish that goal, THIS Maggie kept trying the same 4 intentions. There are thousands of possible ways to play each line, but the actors chose, instead, to yell at each other as if they were in some cable reality TV show. What happened to humor? What happened to playing the opposite, just once? What happened to not taking yourself so seriously every second of the play, so we the audience get a little break from all the inherent heart ache. And why was big Daddy such a lumbering hunk of coarseness without ANY veneer whatsoever?! And his illness... He's a bull elephant in one act and then in 15 minutes, he's practically on death's door?! Maybe it wasn't the cancer, but the cashmere robe? Come on?! Big Mama's southern accent kept dropping out when she wanted to get everyone's attention. Got mine... I was thoroughly disappointed... and that's when I could HEAR the actors. Several of the principals sounded as if they were losing their voices. The sound design was annoying and failed the audience - those around me also complained: we could hear the sound effects, but not the actors! The set was interesting, but whose brilliant idea was it to have a bottle broken on stage and then have actors walk barefoot, without making it clear the glass had been cleared carefully. I know the bottle was a stage prop and not actual glass, but still... I don't understand this. If we can't see it and hear it, it didn't happen. A third of this play I either couldn't see or hear. And what I could take in, was so strangely unthinking... I couldn't even hear the curtain line or see either actor's face, so I have no idea what choices they made. BTW I was in row F, orchestra. Should have been great seats with great sound and sight lines. Epic disappointment.
the show was great, lead by Scarlet Johansen. She was incredible.
Moderately dramatic rendering of Tennesee Williams' classic with an excellent Ciaran Hinds as Big Daddy and a angry, shrewish Scarlett Johansson as Maggie.
Great play. I liked the outfits, the stage setting, great performance by all of the casts, especially main parts are amazing.
well done..starts slow but builds to a great finish..need to pay close attention to all actors interaction or one could get lost in the plays moments..
I was excited to see another production of this show and looking forward to seeing Miss Johanssen take a turn at Maggie. After the first 20 minutes, I knew something was wrong. The acting was restrained, the show seemed miscast and direction not cohesive. It got got worse from there on. Staged in 3 acts, there was some redemption in the exchanged between Brick and Big Daddy but it does not save the fumbled production of this show.
I was appalled by the performances by the three main actors in this dreadful revival of what is supposed to be a classic drama. Johansson, Walker and Hinds are all miscast and all sound wrong. Johansson was the worst for me - from the moment she begins to speak (and of course she dominates the entire first act) she was unappealing. Her voice was grating and ugly - absolutely wrong for Maggie. I could go on in this vein about almost every aspect of the production. I spent a lot of money for my ticket and I feel cheated.
Scarlett Johansson is absolutely amazing in her portrait of Maggie. Both her looks and her voice are absolutely perfect and she manages to carry the entire first act pretty much entirely by herself. The rest of the cast is also superb. Great production and worth every penny of it!
The play is awful. The acting was terrible, except for Scarlett Johannson, and even her performance left a lot to be desired. Part of the blame does go to the material, the play is really just a series of monologues, and in this day and age, the monologues (particularly in the second act) are neither thought provoking or entertaining. Tennessee Williams was a brilliant playwright in his day, but for an audience in 2013, this play is BORING!!!!!
I thought the performance was overall fair. I believe it could have been delivered with a little more power. I never really became lost in the play. I had read previous reviews which criticized the plantation help singing over the lines of the main characters and the actors going in and out of southern accents. I assume the director and actors read the reviews and made a conscious effort to fix those details. I overall enjoyed the play and would recommended. Scarlett Johansson was strong and I was happy overall with the entire casts performance.
