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14 August 2006 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Fans who got a sneak preview of Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline's new play were left so unimpressed by the performance, some walked out after just 20 minutes. The Hollywood stars appeared in Bertolt Brecht play Mother Courage And Her Children earlier this week at New York City's Delacorte Theater. But despite many audience-members lining for hours to see the show, some became bored by the production's heavy content. The New York Post reports around 100 members of the 1,892-strong audience left early, with one theatergoer quoted as saying, "Meryl is brilliant, but the play itself is boring, tortuous - it needs judicious cutting. A number of people left after 20 minutes. Many didn't return after intermission and then, three hours in, during a long song by Kevin Kline, they were pouring out." The show's publicist Arlee Kriv insists no cuts will be made to the play: "The show is what it is - a long show." Kline took over the role of The Cook from Christopher Walken, who dropped out last month.

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14 July 2006 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Christopher Walken has been forced to pull out of a theatrical reunion with his The Deer Hunter co-star Meryl Streep due to conflicting schedules. The actor signed on to play The Cook in The Public Theater's Mother Courage & Her Children in Central Park, New York City, last month, but has since quit the project. He'll be replaced by Streep's Sophie's Choice co-star Kevin Kline. The Bertolt Brecht play will debut at the Delacorte Theater on 8 August. The play marks Kline's first stage performance since he was inducted into the Theatre Hall Of Fame. The actor is also set to play King Lear in the Public Theater's production of the classic William Shakespeare tragedy later this year.

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