French Love: Divine and Complicated
I saw Fete de la Nuit last week and like a song with a catchy melody, it is still playing in my head. I would have urged you to see it at the Ohio Theatre before it ends on Feb 27th much earlier but I admit still quite being able to describe what I saw. I now realize it is the very reason I enjoyed it so much.
Dense, rich, joyful, Fetes de la Nuit is a celebration of love with layers of dance, drama and music that unfold, transform and evolve like a big collage.
Despite the fact that the play is set in a French cafe with some nudity and smoking cigarettes, the theme is universal: “A search for love, the loss of love, the how of love, the why of love, the what of love, the discovery of love, while exploring the mystery of life. It says that it is our ability to love that makes us human and in that ability lives the hope for a better future.”
Charles Mee has written many pieces on Love in recent years. He is actually quite an expert at it. But Fetes de la Nuit reveals also his immense generosity towards this capricious matter. He gives it the space and depth to show its sensual, divine and complex forms. And in response, the talented cast gives it all.
Although the mystery of love is too vast and too complex to be answered, Charles Mee has gotten as close as one can get with Fetes de la Nuit! I am not the only one to think that: the show is almost sold out….
New York Premiere
The Ohio Theatre
February 8th Through February 27th, 2010
Strictly Limited Engagement
All Seats only $18
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