FREUD’S LAST SESSION
“Things are simple only when you choose not to examine them.”
Abstract painter Mark Rothko’s clinical depression disguised as artistic integrity.
“Red” by John Logan, directed by Richard E.T. White opened at the Seattle Rep on Wed, February 29th starring Denis Arndt as 20th Century abstract painter Mark Rothko and Connor Toms as Ken, his assistant. Originally the play opened in 2009 at the Donmar Warehouse inLondon, and on Broadway it won a Tony award in 2010 and the Drama Desk Award. Through a long conversation, Ken and Rothko discuss life and art.
This show could have been titled: “Prairie Nocturne; or ‘Little House on the Prairie’: The Epic Readers Theatre Musical”. And
“If you’ve got a good curtain call, the audience leaves thinking the show was good, even if it wasn’t.” Director Neal Newman
This quote more or less sums up the recent production of “A Chorus Line” produced by Seattle Musical Theatre.