Almost an Evening in the Afternoon
Broadway Undercover took in Ethan Coen’s off-the-wall three one-act plays, Almost an Evening, this afternoon at the Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street. The stellar cast is headed by F. Murray Abraham, Mark Linn-Baker and Joey Slotnick. This show is a different sort of comedy in Coen brothers’ style. The first play was a quiet comedy; the third one is boisterous and out there, and the second fell somewhere in the middle. BU has waited at many a stage door following a show, but this experience with Abraham was a first. We never met the man before and expected someone akin to his intimidating movie persona. However, the warm hug he gave put all that to rest as an engaging, charming, and friendly man emerged. When asked about Ethan Coen, Abraham said that the way Coen was on the Academy Awards is exactly how Coen is in person. “He’s not pretentious, he’s really very sincere and quiet. He’s a wonderful man.”
March 25th, 2008 at 4:03 am
Sounds like Evening was a great Afternoon! I love the peak behind the curtains that BU always shares with its readers.