Confidence Men: Improvised Mamet

EmilyBee · Post by **EmilyBee** » June 10th, 2009, 1:14 pm

WONDERFUL interview. Yes!

Asaf · Post by **Asaf** » June 10th, 2009, 1:38 pm

Lants wrote:Dialog was pretty spot-on... made me really want to see the show.

Really enjoyed the interview until Asaf called De Palma a hack... dude needs to go back to Cool School.

Opinions will vary, but I would rather just watch the directors that he borrows his stylistic choices from. And then there are movies that he just goes so overboard on style that I am not interested.

Glad you guys like the interview though. Hope it inspires you guys to see the one-night only 4-person version this Thursday, June 11th.

Curtis + computer · Post by **Curtis + computer** » June 11th, 2009, 10:22 pm

That show was really stinking good, gosh darn it. I stinking laughed my darn head off watching those sonofabeestings doing their stinking improv. I especially loved Jeff Britt's nailing of the quintessential Mametian "slow on the uptake" character (cf. Aaronow in Glengarry Glen Ross).

Seriously, don't miss this one.

EmilyBee · Post by **EmilyBee** » June 11th, 2009, 10:24 pm

YES! This was a great show, great performances by all, and Jeff definitely delivered the lines that stopped the show. I believe they call those "showstoppers." AWESOME. I can't wait to see it with the missing third in place!

Chelley · Post by **Chelley** » June 12th, 2009, 8:25 am

So bummed I didn't make it last night. I had some homework for a training class at work to do.

Plus with all the weather, kinda glad I was home.

Anyway, hope all week well.

~Chelley

Asaf · Post by **Asaf** » June 12th, 2009, 8:49 am

Thank you all who came to see the show despite the tornado warnings. And thanks to the cast. Last night was literally one of my top 10 favorite shows I have ever done.

HerrHerr · Post by **HerrHerr** » June 12th, 2009, 11:18 am

Asaf wrote:Thank you all who came to see the show despite the tornado warnings. And thanks to the cast. Last night was literally one of my top 10 favorite shows I have ever done.

Top three for me. Loved playing in that show. Man, I am so high on improv. Also, J/K and North Shore Local
were really awesome too.!!!!!

TigerStripes · Post by **TigerStripes** » June 12th, 2009, 11:31 am

An absolutely wonderful show--y'all really had the archetypes of MAmet down beyond just the language and suits.

And your badass improv-ers too.

Good times!

Avimaan

Pdyx · Post by **Pdyx** » June 12th, 2009, 1:28 pm

I was right with Jeff's character thinking that Asaf meant he literally hit the kid (with his fists or a bat) until Jeff realized it was a car. It made me feel both like I missed something and I didn't, since Jeff didn't get it (or at least his character didn't).

Great show!

SarahMarie · Post by **SarahMarie** » June 19th, 2009, 10:58 am

Mamet in a bookstore last night was incredible. Incedible? Incredible.

"Eisenheimer is the P.T. Barnum of Bibles"

Marc Majcher · Post by **Marc Majcher** » June 19th, 2009, 11:09 am

android lady wrote:Mamet in a bookstore last night was incredible.

So you're saying it was incredible. Like you couldn't believe it.

SarahMarie · Post by **SarahMarie** » June 19th, 2009, 11:13 am

Yes. Incredible.

Belinda · Post by **Belinda** » June 19th, 2009, 12:07 pm

android lady wrote:Mamet in a bookstore last night was incredible. Incedible? Incredible.

"Eisenheimer is the P.T. Barnum of Bibles"

So So So good!! "Who is Eisenhimer? Well, he's no Gootendorf"

Charlie was the best oak tree ever! "So hypothetically, if a tree was mad at you, could it kill you?"

Chelley · Post by **Chelley** » June 19th, 2009, 12:09 pm

Charlie was the best oak tree ever! "So hypothetically, if a tree was mad at you, could it kill you?"

OMG, I laughed so hard when he was walking behind everybody being a scary oak tree.

SarahMarie · Post by **SarahMarie** » June 19th, 2009, 12:32 pm

thechellster wrote:
OMG, I laughed so hard when he was walking behind everybody being a scary oak tree.

I was totally sitting behind you! I was just too scared to say hello to a forum buddy.

Hello forum buddy!

The pacing in this show was fantastic. Fantastic? Fantastic.