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Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?
producer: Public Theatre
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A same-sex couple wrestles with public-policy questions in this new drama from Caryl Churchill.
Closing Performance at the Public: April 6, 2008
From the London Times' review of an earlier production:
(the) production begins gently and deceptively, with... Jack, who is English, tipsily admitting to... nervy, driven Sam, who is American, that he’ll love him for ever. And across the Atlantic the two men huddle together on a floating sofa and chat, canoodle, quarrel, make up and generally act as if they’re having a love affair.
But we soon realise that this is a very symbolic affair, not to say a pretty Special Relationship. Sam (as in Uncle) and Jack (short for John Bull) discuss subjects from Vietnam to Iraq, torture to rendition, and when Sam demands “commitment” from Jack he’s demanding unquestioning agreement with the views of Globocop.
Full review here.
Through 4/6.
What's the Public Theater?:
In addition to producing Shakespeare in Central Park, the New York Shakespeare Festival produces a season of plays at its Astor Place theatres. Fare ranges from adventuresome productions of the classics to more modern, often very culturally relevant fare. Despite the size of the theatre, shows are a bit more rough-edged than those you might find at some of the city's other long-running subscription theatres, but that's very much by design. More here
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