People Are Talking: UMS presents Ryoji Ikeda’s...
Posted: 10/31/14
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People are Talking: UMS presents John Malkovich in The Infernal Comedy at Hill Auditorium [plus AUDIO]:
I didn’t research this one because I generally trust UMS to stage high-quality events. Now, I feel a bit heart-broken. I didn’t find it moving and spent a good portion of the show fantasizing about yelling “Oh come on!!!!” and the repercussions. Was this a test to find that first member of the audience that was outraged by the performance and the thinness of the narrative? Would Malkovich invite me backstage to laugh at the hoax? Would we spend the rest of the night talking about good theater?…Operas that we loved?
The most funniest and most rousing parts were when Malkovich commented to the audience how disorganized and empty the production was. How meta! I feel like I wasted my money, the mezzanine left me in a cloud of other peoples heads and necks, and wish I knew where to go to try and argue for a refund.