Theatre Review: ‘Bauer’ Recalls Key Figures in the Guggenheim’s Creation
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Ken Johnson
BROADWAY---Somewhere in New Jersey in the early 1950s, an artist who was once famous and his wife live alone in an oceanside mansion. Bitter, aging and in ill health, he hasn’t painted for more than 10 years. One day, the couple receive a visitor, an imperious woman of a certain age. Over the course of a single afternoon, the curator, the painter and his wife engage in a harrowing rehash of their history in a nearly empty studio. The women try to persuade the artist to resume working, but he resists, unable to let go of his festering grievances. This is what transpires in “Bauer,” a three-character play by Lauren Gunderson, which begins performances Sept. 2 at 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan. [link]
"Bauer" at 59E59 Theaters is located at 59 East 59th Street between Madison and Park Avenues.
By Ken Johnson
BROADWAY---Somewhere in New Jersey in the early 1950s, an artist who was once famous and his wife live alone in an oceanside mansion. Bitter, aging and in ill health, he hasn’t painted for more than 10 years. One day, the couple receive a visitor, an imperious woman of a certain age. Over the course of a single afternoon, the curator, the painter and his wife engage in a harrowing rehash of their history in a nearly empty studio. The women try to persuade the artist to resume working, but he resists, unable to let go of his festering grievances. This is what transpires in “Bauer,” a three-character play by Lauren Gunderson, which begins performances Sept. 2 at 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan. [link]
"Bauer" at 59E59 Theaters is located at 59 East 59th Street between Madison and Park Avenues.
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