Pinter's "No Man's Land"
Just got back from a great night at the theatre. Yup, that's right, I'm in LA and I just saw a great play. Thanks to Goldstar I got two cheap tickets to they Odyssey Theatre on Sepulveda to see Pinter's classic from 1976. I've never seen or read this play despite being a long-time fan of Pinter. I've been lucky to see amazing productions of his plays in London (Gambon in The Caretaker was the highlight) and I acted t in a version of "Celebration" at LAMDA in 2002.
As usual the menace was over-flowing, more than a few speeches poetically threatening and desperate and the acting was pretty strong for an all American cast. I totally recommend this play as its running into December. I read in the program however, that the LA Times has severely scaled back its Theater reviews and the theater editor of at the LA Weekly was laid off. That's not good. I went to the play with Emil. He did a film version of Pinter's "Dumbwaiter" years ago and I think on his 20th birthday I gave him a collection of his work. Anyways, really great to go out in LA and see good theatre with an old friend. Go ahead and do it yourself sometime. Keep theatre alive in LA. Lord knows there is enough out of work acting and writing talent in this town. I've always wondered why there isn't more of a scene. The answer "it's a film and tv town" is not enough. It's always been a wish of mine to have seen Gielgud and Richardson do the original version of this play. Thanks to Google video I can watch it online. Pinter also played the role of Hirst towards the end of his life.
