thenelli01 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/924850 I will definitely be there as I am in Connecticut. I am pretty excited, as I have been wanting to see a play but had trouble finding one that interested me. Edited July 23, 2013 by thenelli01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Here is an awesome write up of it full of info and links to cast: http://offbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/Austin-Shakespeares-ANTHEM-to-Play-Baryshnikov-Arts-Center-925-121-20130730 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Here's a link to a page where tickets are available:http://www.AnthemthePlay.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 I can't wait to see how the billboard ad will look! Cost something like $15,000 to get the spot to advertise for the play, I helped in that, when I saw the posting about contributing to it in my FB feed. I hope this play catches attention and will continue to be produced after NYC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 It's up already! Here it is: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydstun Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 . Anthem Off-Broadway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenelli01 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) Has anyone seen it, or plan to see it? Edited October 1, 2013 by thenelli01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Some shots in this article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 I plan to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Here's a review of the play. Unlike some other reviews, it does not try to take on Ayn Rand, but deal with this play alone. Though he offers some positives, the reviewer is mostly down on the play. He ends thus: “Anthem” is a powerful story in whatever form presented. However, while a book leaves it to the reader’s imagination to fill in the blanks, what’s offered on stage must be strongly envisioned from start to finish for it to really come together as something that can stand on its own, instead of being a weak imitation of the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 The official trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_o8LbJ-u9g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_o8LbJ-u9g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonid Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Looks very impressive. Is it any chance they will make a DVD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Anthem is closing in New York on November 3rd.http://www.anthemtheplay.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Looks very impressive. Is it any chance they will make a DVD? An indiegogo campaign with eight days left has raised $725 of the $20,000 goal. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/documenting-ayn-rand-s-anthem-the-play/x/5116117 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) The indiegogo campaign has now raised $1160.http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/documenting-ayn-rand-s-anthem-the-play/x/5116117 Edited October 21, 2013 by John Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) $1210http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/documenting-ayn-rand-s-anthem-the-play/x/5116117 Edited October 21, 2013 by John Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 $3300http://www.indiegogo...-play/x/5116117 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 $3480 http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/documenting-ayn-rand-s-anthem-the-play/x/5116117 Has anyone been to the New York production? Is anyone else planning to go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 $5590http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/documenting-ayn-rand-s-anthem-the-play/x/5116117 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 I saw Anthem in New York on Wednesday the 30th and was quite disappointed. The problem is that the Anthem Ayn Rand wrote is an introspective fictional diary with little action, so it contains almost no material suited for the stage. In my opinion the playwright did not succeed in solving this problem. The main character, Equality 7-2521, narrates throughout most of the play, occasionally interacting with other characters in a scene, but I never felt that he fully abandoned the role of narrator. On page 74 of The Romantic Manifesto Rand wrote that "the introduction of a narrator into a stage play is...a breach of the theater's basic principle, which demands that a story be dramatized, i.e., presented in action;" Anthem the Play fails to dramatize a story. Despite my disappointment I'm glad that I attended the play, if only because my experience confirmed and demonstrated the importance of the theater's basic principle cited by Rand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 There are just three more shows, two today and one tomorrow. Is anybody planning to attend?https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/924850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/924850 I will definitely be there as I am in Connecticut. I am pretty excited, as I have been wanting to see a play but had trouble finding one that interested me. Did you see Anthem? If so, what did you think of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 (edited) I saw Anthem in New York on Wednesday the 30th and was quite disappointed. The problem is that the Anthem Ayn Rand wrote is an introspective fictional diary with little action, so it contains almost no material suited for the stage. In my opinion the playwright did not succeed in solving this problem. The main character, Equality 7-2521, narrates throughout most of the play, occasionally interacting with other characters in a scene, but I never felt that he fully abandoned the role of narrator. On page 74 of The Romantic Manifesto Rand wrote that "the introduction of a narrator into a stage play is...a breach of the theater's basic principle, which demands that a story be dramatized, i.e., presented in action;" Anthem the Play fails to dramatize a story. Despite my disappointment I'm glad that I attended the play, if only because my experience confirmed and demonstrated the importance of the theater's basic principle cited by Rand. Thanks for your review of it. Perhaps that may play into why the play is not being performed for as long as it was initially planned for. I'm going to have to take a look at Rand's book there again. It's my least reread Rand book. I have a narrator in nearly all of my plays. Only my first published one I don't. 5 out 6 plays, have a narrator. I use mine to advance the plot, time, inform, even hide from the audience what is about to take place onstage in one of my plays... Edited November 6, 2013 by intellectualammo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 (edited) Thanks for your review of it. Perhaps that may play into why the play is not being performed for as long as it was initially planned for. What is the "that" that you think played into Anthem closing early? I believe there's one primary reason shows close early: lousy attendance. The night I attended the theater was less than half full (maybe less than a third full. maybe less than a quarter full), and based on my check of available tickets for many performances, lousy attendance seemed to be the rule. I'm going to have to take a look at Rand's book there again. It's my least reread Rand book. Do you mean The Romantic Manifesto? I have a narrator in nearly all of my plays. Only my first published one I don't. 5 out 6 plays, have a narrator. I use mine to advance the plot, time, inform, even hide from the audience what is about to take place onstage in one of my plays... I wonder what modifications would be required to removed the narrators from your plays? How else could you achieve what your narrators accomplish? Even if I were to accept the device of a narrator I would never accept any of the characters of a play in the role of narrator, as was the case for Equality 7-2512. Am I the only one who attended the New York production of Anthem? Edited November 6, 2013 by John Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 (edited) Yes, lousy attendance, but is it because of the reviews, or not liking of Rand, not knowing about the play being performed, etc. Yeah, I meant The Romantic Manifesto. I am definitely not looking to cut my narrators out. But I'm interested in taking another look at The Romantic Manifesto. Edited November 7, 2013 by intellectualammo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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