Chuck Mee’s play “Heaven on Earth” opened at La MaMa in NYC this week, and while the reviews of the show itself are mixed, its a piece that sounds very Chuck Mee-esque. Classic Greek themes of hope and destruction, and, to quote the article, “[“Heaven on Earth”] isn’t really about ideas. It’s about what can be done in a theater.” Sounds a bit like the american flag-as-rug idea he used in bobrauschenbergamerica, no? Daring, mischievous, an amalgamation of texts and ideas. Oh, Chuck Mee….
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One Comment
narbonne posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:52 am
Damn! It wont be in NYC anymore once we’re there for InCite/Showcase. I’d love to see a Chuck Mee play…I can’t wait for Agamemnon 2.0