Gillian Anderson and Lily James give fine performances but this version of the 1950 film might be a little too clever for its own goodThis is a show that reeks of chic. It stars Gillian Anderson and Lily James. It is adapted and directed by the Belgian wizard Ivo van Hove from a classic 1950 movie by Joseph Mankiewicz. It mixes live action and film with technical finesse. Yet, for all its skill, I found myself admiring its cleverness more than relishing its drama.When van Hove and his designer, Jan Versweyveld, applied similar techniques to Network at the National they improved on the movie by highlighting the transformation of TV news into a branch of show-business. Here I’m not sure what the staging adds to the story of the eclipse of a legendary Broadway star, Margo Channing, by her dedicated disciple, Eve Harrington. Continue reading…
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