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We begin with an old man, dreamy-eyed, sitting in the empty stands of a traveling circus.
Shows over, sir, the owner tells him.
Were breaking it down and hauling out.
), and who doesnt want to run away with the circus?
The women have died or gotten dementia; they are, more than living people, beautiful memories.
Why am I so hung up on this totally conventional framing unit?
As isso frequently the case, the shows stagecraft outstrips its script by a mile.
And, of course, there are puppets.
Once weve time-warped back to the Great Depression, the show itself acknowledges as much.
If it was, then I wouldnt have a business).
Marlena is Keatsian truth and beauty.
Where is the lie / When theyre flying overhead?
Jacob retorts to August.
When theyre dancing on a thread?
/ When shes riding?
I … do not think that phrase means what they think it means.
We never really get to see much of Wetmore, Goodman, and Lebarres zoo of animal creations.
Shes sweet, but she doesnt take the breath away.
Water for Elephantsis at the Imperial Theatre.
