GET INTO EXISTENTIAL FLOW OF RUBICON TROUPE'S `GODOT'.Byline: - Evan Henerson WITH LITTLE MORE than a rock, a skeletal tree and a pair of ill-fitting shoes comprising their world, Vladimir and Estragon - the existential tramps of Samuel Beckett's ``Waiting for Godot'' - wait and talk. And argue. And leave. And return. And wait some more. Unquestionably un·ques·tion·a·ble adj. Beyond question or doubt. See Synonyms at authentic. un·ques  tion·a·bil , director Walter Asmus - a longtime Beckett
collaborator - knows this territory. When we're in the company of
Joe Spano's Didi DIDI Digital Image Design Incorporated (New York) , Robin Gammell's Gogo and, later, Lucky (Ted
Neeley Ted Neeley (b. September 20 1943, Ranger, Texas, USA) is a drummer, singer, actor, and composer. He was nominated for Best Motion Picture Actor in Musical or Comedy at the 1974 Golden Globe Awards. ) and Pozzo (Cliff DeYoung Clifford Tobin DeYoung (born February 12, 1946[0]) is an American actor and musician.DeYoung was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended California State University. ), our universe shrinks to match theirs. We may not share Didi and Gogo's desire to ``hang themselves'' rather than keep up the vigil, but we certainly understand why they would want to. Spano's somewhat bullying hucksterism is masking the desperation that Gammell's older, fussier Gogo makes no effort to hide. Whether contemplating a suicide pact Noun 1. suicide pact - an agreement by two or more people to commit suicide together at a given place and time; "the two lovers killed themselves in a suicide pact" or passing a trio of hats back and forth - hand to head, hand to head - they are, ultimately, a well-matched pair. An entirely different but compatible absurdist energy comes with the arrival of DeYoung's prim and proper land owner Pozzo. ``Godot'' is the centerpiece of the Rubicon's ambitious West Coast Beckettfest, which will feature all of the author's works on stage or film. Beckett-ites will want to sample the wares. As for ``Godot,'' well, the title character never comes, but audiences should. WAITING FOR GODOT Waiting for Godot tramps consider hanging themselves because Godot has failed to arrive to set things straight. [Anglo-French Drama: Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot in Magill III, 1113] See : Despair Waiting for Godot - Three and one half stars Where: Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main St., Ventura. When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; through Oct. 3. Tickets: $30 to $45. Call (805) 667-2900. In a nutshell: Dark and funny, absurdist and pointless. Just as the author must have intended it to be. |
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