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Trojan Barbie

Presented by American Repertory Theatre at Zero Arrow Theatre

March 28-April 22, 2009

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Lotte Jones, a doll repair expert, needs a vacation. She books herself on a cultural tour for singles and travels with them to modern-day Troy, where she finds more of a change of scene than she'd bargained for in the midst of an attack by the Greek army threatening to destroy the last fragments of a mighty civilization. Part contemporary drama, part homage to Euripides' Trojan Women, Trojan Barbie tells the perpetually moving tale of Priam's widow, Hecuba, and her defenseless family, recast against the vivid reality of modern warfare. Poetic, compassionate, and tinged with great warmth and humor, Trojan Barbie is an epic war story with a most unlikely heroine, who always looks on the bright side even as past and present collide about her. Carmel O'Reilly, director of Sugan Theatre's St. Nicholas that A.R.T. presented in 2000, joins the Company for the first time to direct this imaginative work.

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    Zero Arrow Theatre

    2 Arrow St
    Corner of Mass. Ave and Arrow St
    Cambridge, MA 02138

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    Tickets: $25-52

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    Dates:
    March 28-April 22, 2009

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    • Event Name: Trojan Barbie
      "uneven but intriguing"
      Review posted by: polyphemus from cambridge, ma, Apr 21, 2009
      

      Such an ART show, in that it's entirely postmodern: a sort of mash-up of TROJAN WOMEN and a british travelogue. The plot's about a modern doll maker who travels to Troy on holiday and is kidnapped... Expand

      Such an ART show, in that it's entirely postmodern: a sort of mash-up of TROJAN WOMEN and a british travelogue. The plot's about a modern doll maker who travels to Troy on holiday and is kidnapped into the plot of Euripides' famous play. The script sounds sort of far-fetched, but on stage, actually works: the juxtaposition of ancient and modern suffering, due entirely to the stupidity of men, is affecting, particularly when the playwright and director heighten the contrast. (For me, the best moment is when a USO-style big band scene is interrupted by an ancient funeral. Now _that's_ good theater.) Unfortunately, the ART chose to fill out nearly every role with MFA actors, some good, some not so good. Hecuba and Lotte the doll-maker were anchored by local Boston professionals and were pretty wonderful. The set was an impressive ruin-filled bunker with obvious parallels to Iraq--including bombings. So: worth seeing, though the script could use still some fine-tuning. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Trojan Barbie
      "uneven but intriguing"
      Review posted by: polyphemus from cambridge, ma, Apr 21, 2009
      

      Such an ART show, in that it's entirely postmodern: a sort of mash-up of TROJAN WOMEN and a british travelogue. The plot's about a modern doll maker who travels to Troy on holiday and is kidnapped... Expand

      Such an ART show, in that it's entirely postmodern: a sort of mash-up of TROJAN WOMEN and a british travelogue. The plot's about a modern doll maker who travels to Troy on holiday and is kidnapped into the plot of Euripides' famous play. The script sounds sort of far-fetched, but on stage, actually works: the juxtaposition of ancient and modern suffering, due entirely to the stupidity of men, is affecting, particularly when the playwright and director heighten the contrast. (For me, the best moment is when a USO-style big band scene is interrupted by an ancient funeral. Now _that's_ good theater.) Unfortunately, the ART chose to fill out nearly every role with MFA actors, some good, some not so good. Hecuba and Lotte the doll-maker were anchored by local Boston professionals and were pretty wonderful. The set was an impressive ruin-filled bunker with obvious parallels to Iraq--including bombings. So: worth seeing, though the script could use still some fine-tuning. Collapse

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