They brought a woman from the street And made her sit in the stalls By threats By bribes By flattery Obliging her to share a little of her life with actors
But I don't understand art
Sit still, they said
But I don't want to see sad things
Sit still, they said
And she listened to everything Understanding some things But not others Laughing rarely, and always without knowing why Sometimes suffering disgust Sometimes thoroughly amazed And in the light again, said
If that's art I think it is hard work It was beyond me So much beyond my actual life
But something troubled her Something gnawed her peace And she came a second time, armoured with friends
Sit still, she said
And again, she listened to everything This time understanding different things This time untroubled that some things Could not be understood Laughing rarely but now without shame Sometimes suffering disgust Sometimes thoroughly amazed And in the light again said
This is art, it is hard work And one friend said, too hard for me And the other said, if you will I will come again Because I found it hard I felt honoured
Al this is so intense. I've never seen it done like this. I'm stunned - I thought I'd seen Fiddler a billion times but I know when I see you on Broadway I'll be seeing it again for the first time. You are amazing!
Matt: We are SO excited about how different and true this take it! Sheldon said yesterday he'd never heard/seen it done this way before and we feel it really sets up the "problem" of the play in a deeply human way.
Al this is so intense. I've never seen it done like this. I'm stunned - I thought I'd seen Fiddler a billion times but I know when I see you on Broadway I'll be seeing it again for the first time. You are amazing!
ReplyDeleteMatt: We are SO excited about how different and true this take it! Sheldon said yesterday he'd never heard/seen it done this way before and we feel it really sets up the "problem" of the play in a deeply human way.
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ReplyDeleteGo Alibali go! Xx
ReplyDeleteSo excited to see u perform!! Miss u so much!
ReplyDeleteWow, really different from the Savoy but love it all the same. Angsty Tzeitl works!
ReplyDeleteSLAAAAYYYYY AL
ReplyDeleteYes, Al!! I miss you, can't wait to see this next spring!!
ReplyDeleteSo excited for this!
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