Word: coneys
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...space offered by the Mainstage. Two three tiered towers rise on either side of the set, a hydraulic lift rises and falls periodically from the center of the stage and a smaller central tower provides space for a steamy bedroom, a malfunctioning elevator, and a pair of Coney Island swings alternately...
Augustine and Walsh attack an inconsistent text with ambition and energy. It is rare to see a musical that is smart, but the direction and choreography of this production make it just that. The use of swings in the Coney Island scene provide a visual metaphor for the suburban front-porch-swing respectability for which Charity longs, and the choreography of a dance scene in which the women shake their breasts and the men perform pelvic thrusts, and then switch roles, provides a welcome gender-bender in a musical which at times seems dated. Subtle twists like these, along with...
Even the clothes Leo's wearing, the Puma cap, baggy drawstring pants, a chain with his grandmother's cross and a T shirt with a devil on it, can't have been chosen randomly. The devil is a logo for an old Coney Island carnival. "I optioned this book called Dreamland about the biggest theme park in Coney Island," he says. "My dad went to Coney Island a lot. I'm fascinated by freaks." He also optioned a book about Howard Hughes that he's talking to Michael Mann about directing. "That's the best part about the position...