Comments on: Lunch with Daniel Fish http://www.mccarter.org/blog/index.php/archives/40 McCarter Theatre weblog Wed, 16 May 2012 22:59:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: destere http://www.mccarter.org/blog/index.php/archives/40#comment-76 destere Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:16:52 +0000 http://www.mccarter.org/blog/?p=40#comment-76 Hello I was very much helped by the information with this article. Many thanks at you very fascinating resource. Bye Hello
I was very much helped by the information with this article.
Many thanks at you very fascinating resource.

Bye

]]> By: Elizabeth Edwards http://www.mccarter.org/blog/index.php/archives/40#comment-21 Elizabeth Edwards Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:47:45 +0000 http://www.mccarter.org/blog/?p=40#comment-21 Welcome to the wonderful world of theater, Michael! We're glad to have you! I, too, attended--and was incredibly excited and inspired by--the Brown Bag lunch with Daniel Fish. And I, too, took copious notes out of fascination with Daniel's vision of the show. I was especially intrigued by the way he pinpointed the script's resonance with modern issues of power and submission. I'm looking forward to watching the ways Daniel's production examines the effects of pervasive fear on people's willingness to submit themselves to more powerful individuals. I'm also very interested in Daniel's self-described obsession with the 1660s, in all their seductive repulsiveness, and in his exploration of the way we fetishize history through the culture of museums. There seems to be a common thread of voyeurism, observation, and paranoia which I think will electrify this production and bring out the intermingled energy, wit, and danger in Moliere's writing. I'm definitely excited to get started--although we've got enough to do before first rehearsal here in the literary/dramaturgy world that I don't mind waiting a few weeks until we actually dive in. Welcome to the wonderful world of theater, Michael! We’re glad to have you! I, too, attended–and was incredibly excited and inspired by–the Brown Bag lunch with Daniel Fish. And I, too, took copious notes out of fascination with Daniel’s vision of the show. I was especially intrigued by the way he pinpointed the script’s resonance with modern issues of power and submission. I’m looking forward to watching the ways Daniel’s production examines the effects of pervasive fear on people’s willingness to submit themselves to more powerful individuals. I’m also very interested in Daniel’s self-described obsession with the 1660s, in all their seductive repulsiveness, and in his exploration of the way we fetishize history through the culture of museums. There seems to be a common thread of voyeurism, observation, and paranoia which I think will electrify this production and bring out the intermingled energy, wit, and danger in Moliere’s writing. I’m definitely excited to get started–although we’ve got enough to do before first rehearsal here in the literary/dramaturgy world that I don’t mind waiting a few weeks until we actually dive in.

]]> By: Adam Immerwahr http://www.mccarter.org/blog/index.php/archives/40#comment-20 Adam Immerwahr Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:45:37 +0000 http://www.mccarter.org/blog/?p=40#comment-20 Nice post, Michael! One of the neat things about bringing in a whole class of new interns every year is that they all come from such different perspectives, and often allow the rest of the staff at the theater to broaden our horizons. It was really exciting to hear this response to the Brown Bag Lunch. I found it a really revelatory meeting as well. I was excited about hearing Daniel talk about the blend of danger and humor that he finds in the play. He described it as "riding the line between terrifying and extreme." I was also really into the way Daniel is thinking about the contemporary parallels in this play. It made me really think about the contemporary political situations in our lives that create hypocrisy and open the door to manipulation and deception. One of the neat things about hearing Daniel's interpretation of the play was how closely that interpretation will be tied to the production that he has in mind. For me, the production he was describing is so logical and clear, now that I understand where it is coming from. Very cool. Got me totally jazzed about Tartuffe. And the cast is gonna be AWESOME. Nice post, Michael! One of the neat things about bringing in a whole class of new interns every year is that they all come from such different perspectives, and often allow the rest of the staff at the theater to broaden our horizons. It was really exciting to hear this response to the Brown Bag Lunch.

I found it a really revelatory meeting as well. I was excited about hearing Daniel talk about the blend of danger and humor that he finds in the play. He described it as “riding the line between terrifying and extreme.” I was also really into the way Daniel is thinking about the contemporary parallels in this play. It made me really think about the contemporary political situations in our lives that create hypocrisy and open the door to manipulation and deception. One of the neat things about hearing Daniel’s interpretation of the play was how closely that interpretation will be tied to the production that he has in mind. For me, the production he was describing is so logical and clear, now that I understand where it is coming from. Very cool. Got me totally jazzed about Tartuffe. And the cast is gonna be AWESOME.

]]>