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...A.R.T. has a reputation for razzle and controversial showmanship; Antigone is a diamond in a string of rubies and emeralds. Compared to another A.R.T. Greek tragedy, their Bacchae of the 1997-98 season, also directed by Francois Rochaix, Antigone lacks explosiveness. Perhaps more effort went into their Bacchae because that play called for the loud dithyrambic energry that the A.R.T. often brings even to playwrights like Brecht. Antigone provides fewer opportunities for special effects. The one dance to honor Dionysus that comes late in the play is seized; it is more exciting than the rest of the play...
...Francois Rochaix...
...heroic ideal with lacerating irony, and completely devoid of the compelling central figure so key to the other plays, it is also arguably the trickiest one to interpret and perform. The current American Repertory Theater (ART) production, based on Robert Brustein's adaptation and directed by Francois Rochaix, chooses to play up the comic-ironic aspects without jettisoning the ambiguity or the tragedy. It succeeds marvelously in the first aim, somewhat less clearly in the second...
European opera director Francois Rochaix moves his actors deftly and creatively through the space, creating an artistic statement in each scene. Even between scenes, Rochaix's direction stuns. As a string quartet plays French Renaissance-like shrills, bold, colorful lighting shines on the frenzied cast as it acts out beautifully choreographed silent action...
Seeing the ART's Tartuffe is definitely an enjoyable experience. The production is gorgeous and the acting is excellent. You will laugh a great deal, too. However, Rochaix should have used the original text. The words "shit" and "fuck" do not need to be in a play to make it funny. All one needs is good writing; Moliere provides that...