AN AMERICAN IN LONDON
From the Blogspot of Luanne Rice
Author of Beach Girls
Rob and Luanne in Rob's Dressing
Room
everybody who loved beach girls -- come to london and see rob lowe in a
few good men, now playing in the west end. he's beyond great, the play is
stunning . . . by aaron sorkin, who wrote the west wing, the play is provocative,
funny, shocking, incredibly moving. i had seen the film and thought it very
powerful, but nothing prepared me for the impact i'd feel as an american in
london at this moment in time, sitting in the audience, watching the action
unfold, seeing rob in the lead -- having loved him in beach girls, watched him
bring jack kilvert to life, i'm really in awe of the fact that he was preparing
for this even while in nova scotia. his performance is absolutely riveting -- and
wrenching.
rob's character starts off very light and funny. but you watch
his realizations about the military, the man he's ordered to defend, the idea of
conspiracy growing, snowballing -- and by the end of the play, he is not the same
man he was at the start of
act one . . .
there were a few major solar plexus
moments -- a few scenes having to do with rob's character's relationship with his
father, his interaction with the really great jack ellis as nathan jessup, the
overall sense of the playwright's presience and compassion, and one moment
during the last few seconds -- as rob is leaving the stage -- where he does
something that will give you goosebumps. and, if you're like me, make you cry. i
was totally unprepared for how emotional i'd feel after the
performance.
all the actors are fabulous, and the sets wildly
inventive.
julia ormond came to see him saturday night -- it was so fun to
see the polaroid carol took of "jack and stevie" -- from hubbard's point all the
way to london -- hanging on his dressing room wall.
okay--book your flights
now. order tickets, reserve your hotel rooms, get thee to the theatre royal in
haymarket . . . you only have til december.
Rob in His London Dressing Room
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