For no clear reason, all the characters speak in appropriate accents-French, Chinese, or German-except Gallimard. Newell also clutters most every scene with inexpressive peripheral stage business-a trio of Kurogo dancers shuffle props around, out-of-scene characters lurk upstage. Even the usually compelling Sean Fortunato as Gallimard repeatedly ratchets up the anguish to a grotesque level that invites little empathy. I talked to Bruce about his encounter with Boursicot and his spin on our LGBTQ issues.".The overly broad performances in Newell's unrelentingly emphatic production exacerbate the script's schematic feel, erasing any residual ambiguity from the play. Weeks later he traveled accompanied by Nelson to join the former diplomat for an illuminating six-hour conversation that provided unrestricted access to Boursicot’s remarkable stories, personal photographs and candid perspective. Butterfly actually experienced art-imitating-reality when he met Bernard Boursicot the French Diplomat which the character René Gallimard is based on in a chance meeting in France. Lancisi who directs this fabulous production of M. What’s even more curious is that Everyman’s Founding Artistic Director Vincent M. Butterfly delivers the allure of fantasy and the power of obsession that are a recipe for betrayal that takes place in the closeted Beijing and Paris in the 1960’s. Converging fact with fiction this gender-bender addresses East and West tensions onstage as M. The play tells the story of French diplomat Rene Gallimard (Bruce Randolph Nelson) who becomes enchanted with divine Peking opera star Song Liling (Everyman newcomer Vichet Chum) but this diva is hiding more than her true identity.
Butterfly is a masterful probe of truth, illusion, culture and gender. Based on an epic true story and celebrating its 30th anniversary of David Henry Hwang’s torrid and timeless Tony Award-winning play, M.
Butterfly at Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre now through October 8th. This week I talked with actor Bruce Randolph Nelson about starring in M.
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