Eurydice at A Noise Within

Eurydice

A Noise Within
3352 E Foothill Blvd Pasadena

"I will always remember your melody! It will be imprinted on my heart like wax." - Eurydice Pulitzer Prize Nominee Sarah Ruhl uses a hauntingly unique poetic style to re-tell the classic Greek myth of Orpheus through the eyes of his new wife, Eurydice - a magical experience with gripping emotional potency.

Thru - May 19, 2013

Show Times TBA

Price: $44-$56

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 626-356-3100

Running Time: 120 minutes

www.anoisewithin.org

A Noise Within Seating Chart

Eurydice Reviews

Average Rating based on 8 reviews

Highly Recommended
Recommended
Somewhat Recommended
Not Recommended

LA Weekly - Recommended

"...Performances are mostly good, with Ryan Vincent Anderson charmingly menacing as the predatory and seductive "Nasty Interesting Man" and, later, Lord of the Underworld. Unfortunately, the trio of women playing the stones (famously moved by the exquisitely mournful music of Orpheus) comes across as shrill and lacking in gravitas. Nevertheless, Geoff Elliott's direction adroitly realizes his conceptual vision, right down to the presence of water and rain, both real and projected (projections by Brian Gale)."

Read Full Review

- Pauline Adamek

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

"...Geoff Elliot does double duty as co-star and director of this piece, and deserves praise for smart staging, fantastical stagecraft, and affecting interpretation of Ruhl's melancholic script. The penultimate production of A Noise Within's season is a tragic, lovely thing to behold."

Read Full Review

- Jesse David Corti

Stage Scene LA - Recommended

"...Though not everyone may respond as positively as I did to Ruhl's classic Greek myth as seen with "Through The Looking Glass" eyes, those willing to take this whimsical journey through time and space will find it a magical one indeed."

- Steven Stanley

LA Stage Times - Recommended

"...It's a satisfyingly revisionist take. Yet, somewhat unexpectedly, Orpheus and Eurydice's youthful passion is dwarfed by Ruhl's more resonant theme of fatherly love. Inspired by Ruhl's own father's early death from cancer, the play is a sweet valedictory to undying parental affection, a bond that, in this case, heroically transcends death."

- F. Kathleen Foley

On Stage Los Angeles - Recommended

"... In stark contrast to recent productions at A Noise Within, this one comes in at ninety minutes without an intermission. There are strong performances throughout. Questioning the reasoning of myth is a fool's errand because rules for some things are just ‘because.' One should enjoy this lively production… just because."

Read Full Review

- Michael Sheehan

Culture Spot LA - Recommended

"...As in the original myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, there is much heartbreak in playwright Sarah Ruhl's "Eurydice," an intriguing rendering of the story onstage at A Noise Within through May 19."

Read Full Review

- Beverly Lafontaine

The Stage Struck Review - Somewhat Recommended

"...So, essentially, with the exception of "stone moments," this "Eurydice" has its intriguing elements, but they don't win."

Read Full Review

- Frances Baum Nicholson

LifeInLA - Recommended

"...If anything I've described sounds appealing, then grab a loved one and come to see Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice at A Noise Within."

Read Full Review

- Steven Christian Amendola

Eurydice at A Noise Within

Eurydice

Eurydice Reviews

LA Weekly - Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

Stage Scene LA - Recommended

LA Stage Times - Recommended

On Stage Los Angeles - Recommended

Culture Spot LA - Recommended

The Stage Struck Review - Somewhat Recommended

LifeInLA - Recommended

Eurydice Photo Gallery