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THE ORANGE GROVE IBD

TOM JACOBSON
BROADWAY PLAY PUBLISHING INC
12 / 2017
9780881457483
Anglès

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á á&ldquo,It takes a special leap of imagination&mdash,a leap of faith, even&mdash,to look at a mild-mannered Lutheran pastor and see in him Madame Ranevskaya, the disastrously sentimental widow of Anton Chekhov&rsquo,s THE CHERRY ORCHARD. Or, by extension, to compare the current senescence of mainline Protestantism to the destabilizing decline of Russia&rsquo,s landed gentry a hundred and twenty years ago. á áBut then Tom Jacobson (OUROBOROS) is no ordinary playwright. His ambitious new THE ORANGE GROVE is inspired by the valedictory tones of Chekhov&rsquo,s final masterpiece and by Jacobson&rsquo,s experiences as a member of Westwood&rsquo,s Lutheran Church of the Master, where his play is being staged. The result is a vivid, despairing portrait of a community in decline&hellip, á áLike Chekhov&rsquo,s landowners, the church leaders of ORANGE GROVE&mdash,a warm but diffident pastor, a touchy choir director, a dithering caretaker, a selfless volunteer, a staunch old-timer&mdash,are in denial about the congregation&rsquo,s mounting fiscal crisis and don&rsquo,t want to hear practical proposals from new member Larry. After all, the church is a sanctuary not only for them but for a well-meaning if volatile homeless man and a part-time secretary, a Jew who nonetheless relishes the church&rsquo,s ad hoc family. á áThis family is fictive, but its dysfunctions are real. As an unexpectedly circumspect choir diva observes, &ldquo,Almost everyone here is single, and that&rsquo,s not a coincidence.&rdquo,á Chekhov devotees will find much to savor in Jacobson&rsquo,s deft character composites and references.á The most Chekhovian thing about THE ORANGE GROVE, though, is the sense of real-time rapport&hellip,. We may leave despairing the future of church-bound faith but not the enduring power of theatrical communion.&rdquo, Rob Kendt , Los Angeles Times

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