Salesman之死 by Jeremy Tiang | Yangtze Rep, ny
Connelly Theatre, NY
DIRECTOR: Michael Leibenluft
SET: Chika Shimizu | LIGHTING: Daisy Long | PROJECTION: Cinthia Chen | COSTUME: Karen Boyer | SOUND: Kai-Luen Liang & Da Xu | DRAMATURG: Annie Jin Wang
THE CAST: Sandia Ang, Sonnie Brown, Julia Gu, Claire Hsu, Lydia Jialu Li, Jo Mei
“The old footage feels semi-miraculous, as does Chika Shimizu’s superb scenic design. There’s a special thrill when a production manages to transfigure an old space like the Connelly, with its aura of gas lamps and ghost lights. Shimizu’s set both acknowledges and expands upon this raw material; it plays with the architecture rather than simply in it. By extending the stage into a thrust and, behind the proscenium arch, creating layer after overlapping layer in the playing space using curtains, scrims, and elegant, rotatable scenery, Shimizu renders the play’s palimpsest tangible. Every gesture is graceful, precise — an aesthetic demonstration of exactly what Salesman之死 aims to dramatize: the nuanced, elucidating, and transformative act of translation.” (Vulture)
photo by Carol Rosegg