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A Soldier's Story (L'Histoire du Soldat)

Company: Flaming Mamie Productions
Rating: NNNN
Venue: Factory Mainspace

Show times:
Thursday Aug 07/2008 - 04:30 PM
Saturday Aug 09/2008 - 12:30 PM
Monday Aug 11/2008 - 08:30 PM
Tuesday Aug 12/2008 - 10:30 PM
Friday Aug 15/2008 - 04:30 PM
Saturday Aug 16/2008 - 08:30 PM

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Synopsis

Review

Reviewed by: Debbie Fein-Goldbach

Lured by the devil, a young soldier suffers the consequence of his own greed in Stravinsky’s work for instruments with spoken rhyming libretto by C.F. Ramuz. Written in 1918 and based on a Russian folk story, director Anita La Selva gives it a modern and whimsical staging that incorporates movement and encourages interaction between the onstage musicians and three highly engaging actors.

Comments

Posted by brock on 08/08/2008, 05:01 PM

This brief review doesn't mention the most interesting and best thing about the show- 9 live musicians! It is rare to hear a piece like this in such an intimate (and perfect) setting. The music is wonderful!

Posted by woody on 08/10/2008, 08:43 PM

um... 7 musicians, but good point. It's a modern classic, and the company do a wonderful job presenting it. Go see it.

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