Cries & Whispers, Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 7:30PM
BAM Harvey Theater – Brooklyn, NY
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 7:30PM
BAM Harvey Theater – Brooklyn, NY
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 7:30PM
BAM Harvey Theater – Brooklyn, NY
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Friday, October 28, 2011 at 7:30PM
BAM Harvey Theater – Brooklyn, NY
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Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 7:30PM
BAM Harvey Theater – Brooklyn, NY
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“To be able to work with Bergman’s complex evocation of human suffering and compassion is both a challenge and an honor.” —Ivo van Hove
In a sterile grey room, an artist lies dying. Her video diaries flicker on screens, offering consoling images of an ersatz immortality as her estranged sisters hover about, removed. Not a word has been uttered and already director Ivo van Hove (Opening Night, 2008 Next Wave) has transported us to a collective soul bound by the most tenuous compassion. On a stage transfigured by grief, gripping performances from Dutch repertory company Toneelgroep Amsterdam drive this modern adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s unflinching 1972 film about the will to live and the astounding human capacity for empathy amid the debris of damaged life.
US Premiere – In Dutch with English titles
