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...THEATER: Cate's Hedda...
...writing in response to the review of Hedda Gabler by Benjamin J. Soskin ’06 (Arts, “Review: ‘Hedda’ Fueled by Destruction,” April 26). I would like to inform everyone that both the production of Hedda Gabler and, crucially, Hedda herself were as good as Soskin’s review was ill-conceived. I will not go over the excellent plot of the play itself; instead I would like to present an unmitigated rejection of Soskin’s review of the performance of Rebecca J. Levy...
...well as the actors, one must address the aesthetic design of the show. Hedda Gabler stands out as one of the best uses of the space in the Ex that I have seen here. The set was beautiful, both futuristic and functional, combining concrete benches and delicate pussywillow. The costumes were trim and stream-lined, the lighting was both eerie and eerily precise, and the sound added the perfect ambience of tense strangeness to the show. In fact, aside from the performances themselves, what was most impressive about the production was its uniformity of atmosphere, and for this one must...
Soskin compares Hedda to a Swiss watch, and one cannot entirely deny this claim. In its rigid timing, its assured performances, its clear design, the show displays all the marks of an experienced director entirely confident in his own work—one who, like that celebrated timepiece of Switzerland, always knows when to expect the next tick. In other words, this is one hell of a Swiss watch—contrary to Soskin’s belief, its gears wouldn’t even know how to grind, much less churn. Simply put, Hedda Gabler...
...many people," wrote playwright Henrik Ibsen, "have nothing to do but yearn for happiness without ever being able to find it." But even that great Norwegian depressive might have become giddy with excitement at the prospect of Cate Blanchett playing his femme fatale Hedda Gabler, as the Australian star will do for the Sydney Theatre Company from late July. Ibsen's bored 19th century housewife with a gun is a volatile vehicle for a high-voltage actress looking to make her mark, a kind of career-defining harpy Hamlet. Just ask Judy Davis, who's now appearing on the Sydney...