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The Fountainhead

NOV 28—DEC 2, 2017

THEATER

Based on the book by Ayn Rand
Toneelgroep Amsterdam
Directed by Ivo van Hove

The 2017 Richard B. Fisher Next Wave Award honors Ivo van Hove and the production of The Fountainhead.

Part of the 2017 Next Wave Festival

Its controversy precedes it: Ayn Rand’s notorious 700-page paean to radical individualism, wrapped in a saga of sex, architecture, and skybound ambition. In this brutal reexamination, Belgian director Ivo van Hove updates the action to a buzzing co-working loft, where egos collide over mobile drafting tables and stiff drinks. Blueprints come and go, as idealist New York architect Howard Roark—determined not to conform to public taste—vies with pandering colleagues while navigating the desires of the elusive Dominique Francon. As overhead cameras voyeuristically capture creative and carnal acts from above, Van Hove unravels a bête noire of the left, letting the audience decide where to cast its stones.

Translation by Erica van Rijsewijk, Jan van Rheenen
Adaptation by Koen Tachelet
Dramaturgy by Peter Van Kraay
Set and lighting design by Jan Versweyveld
Music by Eric Sleichim
Video design by Tal Yarden
Costume design by An D’Huys

PERFORMANCES

Tue, Nov 28 at 7pm
Wed, Nov 29 at 7pm
Thu, Nov 30 at 7pm
Fri, Dec 1 at 7pm
Sat, Dec 2 at 7pm

LANGUAGE

In Dutch with English titles

RUN TIME

Approx 4hrs with intermission

VENUE

Peter Jay Sharp Building

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House

TICKET INFO

TICKETS START AT $35

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Major support provided by Edward Jay Wohlgemuth.

“… [an] awesome, air-clearing thunderclap brought about by Ivo van Hove’s mammoth production …”

— THE GUARDIAN (UK)

“… [Ivo van Hove] creates electrifying theatre in which word and spectacle find a perfect, symbiotic balance.”

— THE GUARDIAN

Photo: BAM.org

Visit BAM: https://www.bam.org/theater/2017/thefountainhead

‘THE CLIMBERS’ BY CLYDE FITCH (METROPOLITAN PLAYHOUSE)

ABOUT:

ARE WE THERE, YET?

By Alex Roe

In the land of opportunity, no star is beyond our grasp. No aspiration is too high, if only we will reach for it. But is the invitation to continually strive a gift, or a curse? Is opportunity-worship devotion to a jealous idol? Is it, in fact, a goblin haunting the American dream?

Farcical and heartbreaking by turns, Clyde Fitch’s 1901 The Climbers defies easy categorization, but by changing its own tone, this long-overlooked play captures an elusive quarry and an essential conundrum for the American social animal. At the dawn of the 20th century, the altruistic and esteemed head of the Hunter family has died before his time, leaving his wife and three daughters with an unwelcome surprise. Desperate in his final months to keep up with the demands of their extravagant social life, he made a risky investment and lost the family’s once substantial fortune, leaving them with no assets or income at all.

If the fires of adversity prove one’s mettle, the various members of this family seem to be made of different stuff. Mr. Hunter’s widow, youngest daughter, and son-in-law scheme to dupe others into making up their losses. Meanwhile, his sister and two elder daughters vow to care for themselves and their families whatever the personal costs. From these different campaigns spring both the wicked comedy and tender pathos of the play.

and Read more….The Clyde Fitch Report

Photo: L to R: Levi Adkins, Becca Ballenger, Margaret Catov, Matt McAllister
Alexandra Anne, Erin Leigh Schmoyer, Marc LeVasseur, David Licht,
Erin Beirnard (concealed), Alyssa Simonb
photo: Tanya Parks

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