The presence of Michael Moriarty and Sam Waterston of Law And Order has given this production of The Glass Mnagerie an interesting fat fr trivial pursit fans. But
the presence of Ben Stone and Jack McCoy in the two male roles is far from
the only reason to watch this producton.
Because you won't see Stone or McCoy here. These two along with Joanna Miles as Laura and the legendary Katherine Hepburn.are one finely tuned machine all working together to bring Tennessee Williams classic off. Hepburn more than fills the shoes of predecessors like Laurette Taylor, Shirley booth, and Gertrude Lawrence. And as always there's a lot of Hepburn in whatever she does,
Joanna Miles is a touching and tragic Laura all wrapped up in her own world of glass figurines and old Victrola records. It's a world she will never leave abd what will happen to her when the rest of the family is gone is something the theatergoer will contemplate.
The center of the play is older brother Tom layed by Waterston. He wants to get out in the world and see and do things. He's the support of the family in a dull job in a warehouse and his only escape is the cinema where characters areleading the life he wants. The play is written from Tom's point of view.
Michael Moriarty from the warehouse is whom Waterston brings home, giving in to Hepburn's demands that he bring home some men for Laura to meet as she'll never meet them on her own. Moriarty is a decent sort and Miles responds to him. But a relationship shall never be. Moriarty is also brimming with a post World War II optimism that Americans had back in the day.
This is one fine TV production that got Emmys for Miles and Moriarty and nominations for Hepburn and Waterston. Catch it by all means,
Because you won't see Stone or McCoy here. These two along with Joanna Miles as Laura and the legendary Katherine Hepburn.are one finely tuned machine all working together to bring Tennessee Williams classic off. Hepburn more than fills the shoes of predecessors like Laurette Taylor, Shirley booth, and Gertrude Lawrence. And as always there's a lot of Hepburn in whatever she does,
Joanna Miles is a touching and tragic Laura all wrapped up in her own world of glass figurines and old Victrola records. It's a world she will never leave abd what will happen to her when the rest of the family is gone is something the theatergoer will contemplate.
The center of the play is older brother Tom layed by Waterston. He wants to get out in the world and see and do things. He's the support of the family in a dull job in a warehouse and his only escape is the cinema where characters areleading the life he wants. The play is written from Tom's point of view.
Michael Moriarty from the warehouse is whom Waterston brings home, giving in to Hepburn's demands that he bring home some men for Laura to meet as she'll never meet them on her own. Moriarty is a decent sort and Miles responds to him. But a relationship shall never be. Moriarty is also brimming with a post World War II optimism that Americans had back in the day.
This is one fine TV production that got Emmys for Miles and Moriarty and nominations for Hepburn and Waterston. Catch it by all means,