John Rockwell compares the two versions of Kenneth MacMillan's Manon production seen on the East Coast this month; ours, of course, co-presented with The Wang Center last week at The Wang Theatre (and reviewed solo in the NY Times by Rockwell) and the American Ballet Theatre's version which opened at The Met two days after it closed here. Here's a snippet:
"New York uses the same set by Nicholas Georgiadis, but in a larger version originally built for La Scala in Milan. The props and costumes in Boston seemed more finely wrought, more elegant, as in Manon's fur coat, versus the plainer affair seen at the Met. The lighting in New York (by Thomas R. Skelton) looked more effectively moody and atmospheric (i.e., dimmer)."
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