Sunday, April 14, 2013

Richard Greenberg's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Now on Broadway

Playwright Richard Greenberg's adaptation of Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is now on Broadway. The New Yorker, among other publications, looked at the new version of the book and movie, and Hilton Als had this to say:

Literary, but verging on cinematic, moments like these must be what inspired the playwright Richard Greenberg to adapt the story for the stage. Greenberg clearly thought that it would be possible to make “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (at the Cort, under the direction of Sean Mathias) theatrical, given that Holly herself is so theatrical. Besides, isn’t her m.o. rather like that of a conventional play—in that she moves life’s action along by telling character-driven stories? There isn’t a chink in Greenberg’s professional script, but it never really attempts to capture, let alone analyze, what makes Capote’s Holly feel so alive, or why she makes everyone who loves her feel more alive, too. 
For more details and tickets, here's the official website.

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