Three Sisters is one play that I have seen in Minneapolis but slept through. It is one of those shows that can either pack a lot of action or no action at all. We saw two version of Three Sisters, one at the Moscow Art Theatre and the other at the Lensovet. I will be reviewing the Three Sisters that was put on at the Lensovet because the other one was just way to boring.
The Three Sisters at the Lensovet was in fact my favorite performance on this trip. It differs from the other because it was not stationary and incorporated lots of sound and lights. Starting from the beginning, the three sisters were stationary while the men around them were all changing their outfits. This little piece was important to understand the overall theme of the performance because while the sisters were trying leave Moscow, the men around them were changing and preventing them from leaving. The end scene and the last scene correlates perfectly because the audience witnessed the men building a physical wall from the sisters and the audience, trapping them inside their own world. Knowing this much information is pretty much the general gist of the whole show, but the director did not stop there into exploring ways to communicate with the audience. Going back into the first act, there were little details that foreshadowed what was to come. Natasha had a gun pointed to her head while the sisters were sitting at a table, almost like a panel prosecuting her. Before coming onto this trip, I had no experience in theatre what so ever besides the one play that I slept through. This play was exactly half way into our trip it was surprising to me how I was able to analyze for myself and seeing my classmates interpret pieces differently.
I recognized on this trip that my style of analysis is to find the similarities and differences between the beginning and the end of a show. I made some comments about Natasha being prosecuted in the first act; however, in the last act, she is the one playing with 3 dolls. It seems as if she is in full control of the sisters and can manipulate them into anything she would like. Being the third Three Sisters I have seen, it was very interesting to view Natasha as almost a villain type of character. Before Putusov’s version of this show, I always saw Natasha as the one getting the short end of the stick. Simply because it was Putusov piece, the music and the soundtrack were amazing. It always kept the audience engaged and added a little suspense element to the show. It blended well together and kept things interesting for me. It was nice because of the language barrier, we could understand through the music and their actions what the actors were trying to portray.
The Three Sisters at the Lensovet was in fact my favorite performance on this trip. It differs from the other because it was not stationary and incorporated lots of sound and lights. Starting from the beginning, the three sisters were stationary while the men around them were all changing their outfits. This little piece was important to understand the overall theme of the performance because while the sisters were trying leave Moscow, the men around them were changing and preventing them from leaving. The end scene and the last scene correlates perfectly because the audience witnessed the men building a physical wall from the sisters and the audience, trapping them inside their own world. Knowing this much information is pretty much the general gist of the whole show, but the director did not stop there into exploring ways to communicate with the audience. Going back into the first act, there were little details that foreshadowed what was to come. Natasha had a gun pointed to her head while the sisters were sitting at a table, almost like a panel prosecuting her. Before coming onto this trip, I had no experience in theatre what so ever besides the one play that I slept through. This play was exactly half way into our trip it was surprising to me how I was able to analyze for myself and seeing my classmates interpret pieces differently.
I recognized on this trip that my style of analysis is to find the similarities and differences between the beginning and the end of a show. I made some comments about Natasha being prosecuted in the first act; however, in the last act, she is the one playing with 3 dolls. It seems as if she is in full control of the sisters and can manipulate them into anything she would like. Being the third Three Sisters I have seen, it was very interesting to view Natasha as almost a villain type of character. Before Putusov’s version of this show, I always saw Natasha as the one getting the short end of the stick. Simply because it was Putusov piece, the music and the soundtrack were amazing. It always kept the audience engaged and added a little suspense element to the show. It blended well together and kept things interesting for me. It was nice because of the language barrier, we could understand through the music and their actions what the actors were trying to portray.
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