Misalliance at South Coast Repertory

Misalliance

South Coast Repertory
655 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa

Now the fun begins anew, and Shaw is at his mischievous best, turning his sharp wit to the relationship between parents and children. While the elders argue ideas and morals, the younger generation longs for action, adventure, love and independence. Especially Hypatia, who is tired of all the talk and ready for something to happen. Finally it does!

Watch a video preview of Misalliance

Thru - Oct 10, 2010

Tuesdays: 7:30pm

Wednesdays: 7:30pm

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 2:30pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:30pm & 7:30pm

Price: $24-$59

Stage: Segerstrom Stage

Show Type: Comedy/Drama

Box Office: 714-708-5555

Running Time: 2hrs 45mins

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Los Angeles Times - Highly Recommended

"...Misalliance doesn't culminate in the explosive synthesizing vision of "Heartbreak House," an ultimately more satisfying Shavian adventure. The squabbles between parents and children are never to be resolved, and thus the ending marks just a temporary cessation in what will forever be a garrulous conflict. But the high level of entertaining chatter remains as fresh as it must have been a century ago."

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- Charles McNulty

Backstage - Highly Recommended

"...Martin Benson's lighthearted directorial choices coupled with George Bernard Shaw's pungent wit make this production one that reinvigorates the playwright's Edwardian social commentary. Avoiding the sometimes ponderous polemics that inhabit Shaw's plays, it is, instead, an intellectual confection."

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- Melinda Schupmann

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

"...Ultimately, what one takes away from Misalliance (besides the pleasures of Shaw's witty writing and skillfully drawn characters) is how amazingly ahead of his time the playwright was. Fully sixty years before the women's movement began, Shaw created Lina Szczepanowska, a character every bit as liberated in her attitudes as even today's most liberated woman could aspire to be. "

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- Steven Stanley

StageHappenings.com - Highly Recommended

"...It's no mean feat to render Shaw's satire of England's per-war mores funny some100 years later, but SCR accomplishes the task with ease. The ensemble works so well together, I can overlook some of the accents (The two younger sons are just beginning their careers and could certainly use more explicit coaching in that area). But the fabulous solarium set, recreated from the 1987 original production as designed by Ralph Funicello; Maggie Morgan's knock-out clothes that are period recreations; the happy lighting by Tom Ruzika and cheerful original music by Michael Roth, more than compensate. The play – and SCR – continues to delight."

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- Leigh Kennicott

CurtainUp - Highly Recommended

"...Lora and Potter buoy the play's romance - the former a romantic risk-taker perpetually in motion; the latter a watcher who simply can't understand what the heck everybody is getting so excited about. We, as audience, certainly see Lina Szczepanowska's point that all this misallied friskiness is exhausting. From where we sit, however, watching it all play out in the hands of such a skilled director and ensemble, how could we wish it any other way?"

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- Evan Henerson

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Los Angeles Times - Highly Recommended

Backstage - Highly Recommended

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

StageHappenings.com - Highly Recommended

CurtainUp - Highly Recommended

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