“The Oldest Boy… is delicate and affecting. And it’s impossible to imagine it receiving more ideal treatment than Rebecca Taichman’s exquisite production”
– The Hollywod Reporter
The Oldest Boy
by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
Lincoln Center Theater
October 9 – December 28, 2014
SET DESIGN: Mimi Lien
COSTUMES: Anita Yavich
LIGHTING DESIGN: Japhy Weideman
SOUND: Darron L West
PUPPET DESIGN / DIRECTION: Matt Acheson
CHOREOGRAPHY: Barney O’Hanlon
“Sarah Ruhl’s new play is extremely imaginative and hypnotically beautiful…in a gorgeous production helmed by Rebecca Taichman.”
– Variety
“Ruhl, best known for “The Clean House” and “In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play),” often merges realism and poetics — and this is no exception. “Oldest Boy” is subtitled “a play in three ceremonies” and her go-to director Rebecca Taichman guides a striking production filled with ritual, puppetry and traditional Tibetan dance.”
– New York Daily News
“Tactfully staged by Rebecca Taichman, The Oldest Boy is full of pretty pageantry.”
– Time Out New York
“The Oldest Boy… is delicate and affecting. And it’s impossible to imagine it receiving more ideal treatment than Rebecca Taichman’s exquisite production…Taichman has a long association with Ruhl, and her direction here is perfectly attuned to the playwright’s peculiar sensibility.”
– The Hollywood Reporter
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