It's clear from the program that Mr. Hill has made a commitment to decidedly ambitious, weighty plays that emphasize the written word.
(Andrea Stevens) 'PARADISE PARK' The last and weightiest play in the Signature Theater Company's season of Charles Mee is set in an old-fashioned amusement park, where unhappy characters find refuge from the world.
(Ginia Bellafante) 'PARADISE PARK' The last and weightiest play in the Signature Theater Company's season of Charles Mee is set in an old-fashioned amusement park, where unhappy characters find refuge from the world.
(Brantley) 'PARADISE PARK' The last and weightiest play in the Signature Theater Company's season of Charles Mee is set in an old-fashioned amusement park, where unhappy characters find refuge from the world.
(Saltz) 'PARADISE PARK' The last and weightiest play in the Signature Theater Company's season of Charles Mee is set in an old-fashioned amusement park, where unhappy characters find refuge from the world.
(James) 'PARADISE PARK' The last and weightiest play in the Signature Theater Company's season of Charles Mee is set in an old-fashioned amusement park, where unhappy characters find refuge from the world.
Similarly, in talking about the success of his two productions, which could not be more dissimilar -- Cole Porter's light confection "Kiss Me, Kate and Michael Fraynn's weighty new play about nuclear physics, "Copenhagen" -- Mr. Blakemore, who turns 72 next month, sounded merely pleased that the shows managed to find their way to Broadway within months of each other.
But when the orchestra broke into stirring tuttis and episodes of development, Mr. Gergiev drew weighty, textured playing from his charges.
Technically adventurous though always assured, Lise de la Salle replaced the indisposed Alice Sara Ott as soloist, causing something of a sensation with her weighty, witty playing.
Too frail a bark to bear such weighty cargo, the play slowly capsizes and sinks.
