Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread (excerpt)

SORRY! The audio doesn't seem to be synched up too well. Dammit. Anyway, this is an excerpt from the Tulsa Community College production of ALL IN THE TIMING by David Ives, which ran April 21-30, 2006, at the VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education. Featuring Sean Phillip Mabrey as Philip Glass, Richard Sharrah as the Mormon Baker, Carrissa Reed as the First Woman, and Brittany Reyes as the Second Woman.

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[andreasnic]

Excuse me for asking...but what the hell is this piece of shit? You people obviously have no clue who Philip Glass. Being a theatre major at the Julliard School, I am usually more inclined to give a critique. But I don't really know what to say besides listen to one of Philip Glass' tracks before directing an entire play about the man.

[ItalianDivo101]

Wow, well, I'm very impressed with Juilliard credentials... I'm sure we all are... despite the fact that you misspelled the name of the school that you're supposedly enrolled in. Also, don't blame actors for a director's misstep. A quick look at the comments below would show you that I've already said that I disagreed with this director's concept, and that this does not at all invoke the world of Glass's music.

[annietart]

Which one is this from? I don't recognize it, and I\ve read most of the play? Is it Words, words, words?

[ItalianDivo101]

No, it's "Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread." It's the last one in the published collection.

[marzzz1]

I saw this at The Annoyance Theatre in Chicago about 10 years ago- I do notI like the military chant in this version, and agree that there was too much pitch variation. The version I saw (damned if I remember the director) was done in normal, conversational tone without much pitch variation. What was fascinating was the send off of Glass himself, in that the actors had the timing and pace down to such perfection that it really DID sound like a Glass minimalist piece.

[ItalianDivo101]

Wish that *we* had done it that way.

[wenerchod]

Why do people evel want to watch this shit? it sucks so bad

[hernehunter9]

like is said a group of young performers and a director that had to get something out of them.

this is not easy material, even for a pro.

[MronoC]

This wasn't a high school production, it was a college production.

[hernehunter9]

the direction was a bit over the top and not at all with the style, but a big choice for such a young group of performers it was probably the only way to get them to emote more than what is written, as it was one of the performs say they had a difficult time with the scene because looking at from young performers view it says nothing or at least the same thing over and over. in other words it was an advanced piece in the first place, not a brilliant choice for high school material.

[ravers4justice]

this is crap, have the people in this vid ever actually heard a Philip Glass track??????

[ItalianDivo101]

I agree.