Monday, February 1, 2010
Theater Mark Rothko Play Red Hangs on Broadway March 11
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:03 PM
During his recent visit to London, head Times theater critic Ben Brantley had this to say about Alfred Molina (recently of An Education) as Rothko:
Molina (who played another formidable painter, Diego Rivera, in the movie “Frida”) is that rare actor who conveys intelligence with visceral intensity. He makes you believe that what Rothko says, no matter how abstract, is of mortal importance to the painter. I’ve never seen a performance that captures so fully the necessary overweening vanity (and attendant humorlessness) of a great artist.
So yeah, a non-musical play about Mark Rothko painting: Not nearly as boring as it sounds.
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