Beau Jest
“His writing is both funny and universal in its approach. Beau Jest is a play in which Judaism might be considered to be a major theme and yet, I think the play is far more concerned with the behavior that exists between parents and their children. The central focus in the initial production was Sarah Goldman’s “Coming of Age.”
The script is written in a three act form, and as such, it has a somewhat classical structure. We, the audience, are presented with a situation, a complιcation, a climax,... and a denouement. We experience a disordered world which is returned to order and Sherman allows the audience to experience mirth without taking a pejorative attitude to any particular character or characters.
It has been suggested that theater style in Chicago is a cross between Stanislavski and Second City. Chicago theater artists are concerned with honesty of emotion and also tend to feel comfortable with the process and results of improvisation. James Sherman is no exception to this; as a member of The Second City Company, he was conditioned to “write on his feet.”MoreLess
The script is written in a three act form, and as such, it has a somewhat classical structure. We, the audience, are presented with a situation, a complιcation, a climax,... and a denouement. We experience a disordered world which is returned to order and Sherman allows the audience to experience mirth without taking a pejorative attitude to any particular character or characters.
It has been suggested that theater style in Chicago is a cross between Stanislavski and Second City. Chicago theater artists are concerned with honesty of emotion and also tend to feel comfortable with the process and results of improvisation. James Sherman is no exception to this; as a member of The Second City Company, he was conditioned to “write on his feet.”MoreLess
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