tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689101062266970228.post2309224651050901791..comments2023-03-25T07:03:01.061-04:00Comments on HamBone: The Market TheatreJohn Kuntzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247512468540398547noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689101062266970228.post-43626748099965421442010-07-13T18:51:15.628-04:002010-07-13T18:51:15.628-04:00Oh Hi Art!
I'm so glad it's you and not so...Oh Hi Art!<br />I'm so glad it's you and not someone I pissed off. I have to be careful what I say about "Gypsy".<br />Yes, I was in those plays too, it was great fun, a terrific cast (Marin Ireland, before she became a huge star!) and yes, not everything they did was thru the roof great, but man did they take risks. <br />As for how it started, I believe the story goes (I actually read this in a New Yorker piece about Greg Carr) that Greg Carr was walking around the Square with Robert Brustein one day, and Brustein saw the space and mentioned it might make a great theatre, and Greg Carr just made it happen. I believe he is a very powerful man: invented Prodigy or something like that and then sold it for a gazillion dollars. Now he is a philanthopist concerned with Africa, so I don't think he produces theatre anymore, which is a shame, he had really good taste. He also owns/built the space where Zero Arrow is (was), which was a wonderful theatre, until it became a titty bar.John Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02247512468540398547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689101062266970228.post-5943283051035245232010-07-13T16:24:50.366-04:002010-07-13T16:24:50.366-04:00The Market Theatre was a much needed addition to t...The Market Theatre was a much needed addition to the Boston scene - a fairly heavily funded theater start-up that what not financially attached, indirectly or directly, to BU or Harvard - at least not to my knowledge. They used local talent and were committed to premieres. <br /><br />The production values were generally fantastic for the space, although the quality of the material could vary greatly, in my my opinion.<br /><br />I remember seeing you, John, in those Shel Silverstein short plays, right?Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04845394320537913576noreply@blogger.com