by Christopher Durang McCarter Theatre Directed by Emily Mann Costumes Jennifer von Mayrhauser, Lighting by Jeff Croiter 2018 John Pankow, Nicholas Podany, & Kristine Nielsen Rachel Nicks & Robert Sella Robert Sella Kristine Nielsen, Rachel Nicks, Robert Sella, Jenn Harris,
& Nicholas Podany Nicholas Podany, Kristine Nielsen, John Pankow, Robert
Sella, Jenn Harris, & Rachel Nicks “Upon entering McCarter Theatre Center's Berlind Theatre we find ourselves immediately confronted by Beowulf Boritt's colorfully skewed set. And by skewed, I mean literally skewed: All of the houses onstage are slanted on the sides, giving an otherwise normal American suburb the feel of a Norman Rockwell canvas refracted through a Looney Tunes funhouse mirror. This preceding stage image turns out to be a harbinger of the insanity to come.” ~Kenji Fujishima, Theatremania “Set against the backdrop of Beowulf Boritt's meticulously benign suburban sprawl with its bright, cartoonish color palate.” ~Patrick Maley, NJ.com “Designer Beowulf Boritt cleverly gives the set a bright, cheerful, cartoonish look, and frames it in a way that makes it look like we’re watching the action on television.” ~ Jay Lustig , NJArts.net “The 90-minute play moves quickly, helped by the efficient novelty of the set by Beowulf Boritt.” ~ Sarah Vander Schaaff, BroadwayWorld “Beowulf Boritt’s set design is a clever arrangement of houses with a turntable that allows fluid shifts between the two living rooms.” ~ Liz Keill, TAPintoNJ.com “Beowulf Boritt’s sets and Jennifer von Mayrhauser’s costume designs use a color palette consisting mostly of yellow, red, and blue. Appropriately, this gives the production the look of an early color television show — or a Sunday comic strip. It also evokes a falsely cheerful mood that makes the dark undercurrents more disturbing.” ~ Donald H. Sanborn III, Princeton Town Topics Scenic designer Beowulf Boritt, who also did this season’s Stones in His Pockets, has created a satiric set full of cookie-cutter beige houses with perfectly trimmed emerald green lawns, framed by a bright blue TV screen-shaped proscenium. ~Allen Neuner, Out in NJ.com |
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