Thursday, July 28, 2005

Praise for Pan

Finally, our first review! An excerpt: "An invigorating trip back in time, Andrew Marshall’s Pan at the Long Beach Shakespeare Co.—which Marshall also directed—finds the once-mighty, still-proud, soon-to-be-dead Olympian god sequestered with two nymphs in an Oregon cabin.... He’s been supplanted in the realm of spirituality by Jesus Christ (Keith Bush) and in the realm of materialism by Diamond Jim Brady (Dylan Seal), both of whom are pleased to remind him of his irrelevance.... At times rapturous, at times demonic, always compelling, the play brims with energetic dialogue, pathos and visuals that rivet us to our seats.... Seal’s Brady—pompous, portly, pretentious and smug—and Bush’s Jesus—holier-than thou, dogmatically intransigent—show what we’ve done to Pan: we’ve broken him up into components, half Dionysus, half Apollo.... Daring and fresh, it’s enacted with a passion that reminds us that while it may not be nice to mess with Father Nature, it certainly makes for good theater." — James Scarborough, OC Weekly.

2 comments:

Ralph64 said...

Wow! I'm just your average Joe, checking out your blog completely at random, and WOW!!! I'm blown away at how such obvious talent could have been overlooked by Hollywood for so long! If I were a girl, I'd say, Rrrrraouw!! You look like a young James Garner! I haven't actually seen the play, but from the image you've posted, it's clear that your role is a show-stopper. No doubt the raison-d'etre for the whole review by OC Weekly; Nay! The reason the director was able to say to himself... OMG! We've cast Jesus... Now this work can begin!! Stellar.

Keith said...

a j, I don't recall ever seeing James Garner in a beard and a dress, but I'm touched by your obvious sincerity. At least you were kind enough to say "young."