Endgame at A Noise Within

Endgame

A Noise Within
3352 E Foothill Blvd Pasadena

As humanity is coming to an end, four characters play out their own games of manipulation just to pass the time in Samuel Beckett's one-act classic, Endgame. The play follows Hamm, a blind man who is unable to stand, and his servant, Clov, who is unable to sit. Hamm's parents have no legs and live in dustbins nearby. Swerving from the magnificent to the minuscule and from the profound to the profoundly ridiculous, Endgame mixes beauty, vitality and wry humor in a devastating distillation of the human condition.

Thru - Nov 23, 2013

Show Type: Comedy/Drama

Box Office: 626-356-3100

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Stage Scene LA - Not Recommended

"...In the end, perhaps the best thing about Endgame for this reviewer is that it ended relatively quickly, in a mere ninety minutes. Still, I can't deny that I found myself frequently glancing at my watch in hopes that Endgame would come to an end sooner than later."

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- Steven Stanley

ArtsInLA - Recommended

"...Elliott-as director and central character-deserves kudos for thrusting Beckett's words front and center. A times, however, the specificity of the dialogue impedes the pacing of the work, as does Rabb's painfully measured movements as Hamm's servant-the only character who can walk. As enacted by Elliot and Rabb, the relationship between Hamm and Clov gives credence to literary assertions that their names personify their status as hammer and nail-Hamm constantly wielding hard blows and soft ones, and Clov always acquiescing, although Rabb's projected negative manner could be likened more to a slowly bending nail, ever more resentful of the ritual Clov must face every day."

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- Julio Martinez

On Stage Los Angeles - Recommended

"...The nourishment of ENDGAME is in there somewhere and to ferret it out is a challenge to both the actors and the audience. Technically, this production reflects what Beckett himself dictated in specific lines and stage directions with the exception of flopping Right for Left unless the playwright intended a literal view from the audience's point of view. As I see the author's stage directions in my mind's eye, had the play been staged as Beckett had dictated, it would have been even more uncomfortable."

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- Michael Sheehan

Neon Tommy - Somewhat Recommended

"...Both Rabb and Elliott do a great job of balancing the absurdist nature of Beckett's dialogue with the fact that it is being presented in a real place on a real stage, going overboard when needed in their acting but still bringing the play back to the forefront of the audience's mind."

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- Angie Fiedler Sutton

Frontiers - Recommended

"...The design team deserves the highest praise, with Jeanine A. Ringer's hopelessly bleak room affectingly lit by Karyn D. Lawrence. Angela Balogh Calin's costumes and Danielle Griffith's hair, wigs and makeup combine to convey such appropriately grim indigence that we expect to smell the characters soon after seeing them. All in all, ANW gloriously realizes Beckett's unique world. If Elliott allows Hamm to truly live in it, this production will really soar."

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- Christopher Cappiello

Daily Trojan - Recommended

"...Though Endgame presents a challenge to most people with 21st-century attention spans, the impressive production at A Noise Within offers a cathartic experience to those students experiencing schoolwork-induced existential crises."

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- Marianne Zumberge

The Stage Struck Review - Recommended

"...It is admittedly difficult to give life to a character trapped in a chair – one of Beckett's more theatrical points. Still, this calm approach to nothingness – when voice is all one can reach out with – should not be so devoid of emotion that the listener disconnects completely, even in a Beckett play."

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- Frances Baum Nicholson

Living Out Loud Los Angeles - Somewhat Recommended

"...Both Hill and Edmonds deliver memorable performances, while Rabb plays the perfect Clov. But Elliott (as Hamm) steals the show; his theatrical display is impeccable."

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- Jaqueline Martinez

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Endgame Reviews

Stage Scene LA - Not Recommended

ArtsInLA - Recommended

On Stage Los Angeles - Recommended

Neon Tommy - Somewhat Recommended

Frontiers - Recommended

Daily Trojan - Recommended

The Stage Struck Review - Recommended

Living Out Loud Los Angeles - Somewhat Recommended

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