The old chestnut "The Rainmaker” from 1954 currently in production at the Globe is among the first productions helmed under new Artistic Director, Barry Edelstein. The outing may be a guileful testing of San Diego waters.
San Diego’s flagship theatre’s pacifying trademark of opulence in design is absent. The production assures a lean style that allows the audience to zero in on text and actors. Note the minimal set design by Neil Patel below.
Still, the largely over 50 y.o. subscriber-based Globe audience may find the play a guilty pleasure.
Photos from the original production, the 1999 Broadway revival and Maria Mileaf’s upcoming show tell a progressive story.
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Original Production. Geraldine Page (second from left)
and Darren McGavin (second from right).
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1999 Broadway revival, Woody
Harrelson and Jayne Atkinson.
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Globe production. Danielle
Skraastad and Gbenga Akinnagbe.
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Neil Patel’s set design with Danielle Skraastad and
Gbenga Akinnagbe.
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THE RAINMAKER
By N. Richard Nash Directed by Maria Mileaf
RUNS: July 13 – Aug. 11, 2013
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Tickets start at $29 www.theoldglobe.org
Photo credits:
Top: via: http://www.darrenmcgavin.net/darren's_theatre_page.htm
Next: Photo via http://www.salon.com/1999/11/29/rainmaker/
Remaining: Photo by Jim Cox
