Eve Ensler makes me cry.
Judging by the tissues being raised to eyes during a matinee, the playwright of "The Vagina Monologues" has that effect on many with her latest play, "Emotional Creature."
At off-Broadway's The Pershing Square Signature Center, the gut-wrenching play mines more of Ensler's specialized talent: spotlighting what women endure simply by being born female.
The six characters are all young women, and they don't interact with one another, as characters do in traditional dramas. Rather, each actress delivers monologues of how she struggles with different situations.
The actresses come together to serve as the chorus and in the opening and closing numbers, but each actress is strong enough to tell a story that represents millions of others young women.
Some stories are tinged with sweetness, such as a young woman (Ashley Bryant, "Gossip Girl") taking endless photos of herself for her Facebook profile. Some are tragic...
Judging by the tissues being raised to eyes during a matinee, the playwright of "The Vagina Monologues" has that effect on many with her latest play, "Emotional Creature."
At off-Broadway's The Pershing Square Signature Center, the gut-wrenching play mines more of Ensler's specialized talent: spotlighting what women endure simply by being born female.
The six characters are all young women, and they don't interact with one another, as characters do in traditional dramas. Rather, each actress delivers monologues of how she struggles with different situations.
The actresses come together to serve as the chorus and in the opening and closing numbers, but each actress is strong enough to tell a story that represents millions of others young women.
Some stories are tinged with sweetness, such as a young woman (Ashley Bryant, "Gossip Girl") taking endless photos of herself for her Facebook profile. Some are tragic...
- 11/27/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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