If there is a gadfly in the proceedings, that would be the council's newest member, Mr. Taken as a whole, they may very well remind you of any such collection of elected officials at the local, state, or national level. Oldfield (Austin Pendleton), the eldest sitting member on the council. Innes (Blair Brown), who is holding a very large grudge indeed and the self-absorbed, rather out-of-it Mr. Matz (Sally Murphy) the grudge-holding Ms. There are also the anxiously excitable Ms. Breeding (Cliff Chamberlain), lean toward the right. A few, like Hanratty, tilt slightly to the left in their politics others, like Mr. It is through these sometimes-eccentric discussions around the room that we get to learn something of the personalities of each of the council members. Jeff Still, Tracy Letts, and Cliff Chamberlain Hanratty (Danny McCarthy), to improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities to the decorative fountain in the city's park. That remains a puzzle for a while, as the order of business focuses on seemingly mundane matters dealing with parking spaces, a proliferation of lost and stolen bicycles, and a plan put forth by one of the members, Mr. The only curious note at this point occurs when we learn that this will be a closed meeting, leading us to wonder what will be discussed that the citizens of Big Cherry will be barred from hearing. Letts himself) calls the meeting to order. They peel off their wet rain gear and engage in small talk, gladhanding, and some quick deal-making before Mayor Superba (played with an air of genial but assured authority by Mr. These accompany the entrance of the city council members into the chambers. Recorded patriotic music marches us to our seats, followed by the crashing sounds of thunderclaps and flashes of lightning. Before the evening is over, that expectation most decidedly will be put to the test.Īs we enter the theater, we encounter David Zinn's solidly realistic set design, a meeting room in a city hall, with its high-arched ceiling, a display of flags, official photos and framed proclamations, and tables set up in a C-shape across the stage. Theirs is a community that cherishes its traditions and trusts in its leaders to keep everything running smoothly and to clamp a tight lid on any unpleasantness that might arise. Shapiro's sharp-eyed direction, The Minutes tells a thoroughly engaging if decidedly quirky tale of the representative body of the fictional city of Big Cherry. Until the final scene, and thanks largely to an altogether terrific cast aligned with Anna D. Theater: Studio 54, 254 West 54th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue)Ī literal and metaphoric storm rocks an otherwise seemingly unremarkable city council meeting in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Tracy Letts's The Minutes, opening tonight at Studio 54 in an amalgam of tone and style that roils from gentle satire to sobering reality to a truly WTF ending that belongs to another genre altogether. Todd Freeman, Tracy Letts, Danny McCarthy, Jessie Mueller, Sally Murphy, Austin Pendleton, Noah Reid, and Jeff Still. Dramaturg Edward Sobel.Ĭast: Ian Barford, Blair Brown, Cliff Chamberlain, K. Sound and original music by André Pluess. However, it does say: “Animals are capable of suffering and have interests in leading their own lives therefore, they are not ours to use – for food, clothing, experimentation, entertainment or any other reason.” Though it is not stipulated, it is possible “entertainment” also covers sitting on horses in nightclubs.Theatre Review by Howard Miller - April 17, 2022 Guardian Music has scoured the website of People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals searching to see if it takes a different policy line on the issue of riding horses into nightclubs to simply sitting astride them in nightclubs. As an environmentalist and an animal rights defender I find the insinuation that I would ride a horse into a nightclub offensive … I hope that you can understand the difference between ‘coming in’ on a horse and getting on one.” “It was a beautiful white horse that reminded me of mine,” she writes, “and I made the foolish decision to get on it for a few minutes … No doubt you will agree with me that it is one thing to, on the spur of the moment, to get on a horse in a nightclub, but it is quite another to ride in on one.
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