{"id":2351,"date":"2010-03-13T10:24:51","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T17:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2010\/03\/the-best-half-day-ticket-of-the-season\/"},"modified":"2010-03-15T10:30:17","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T17:30:17","slug":"the-best-half-day-ticket-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/13\/the-best-half-day-ticket-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Half-day Ticket Of The Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/12\/theater\/12play.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>from The New York Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><nyt_headline version=\"1.0\" type=\" \"> A 12-Hour Play, and Endless Bragging Rights <\/nyt_headline><\/h1>\n<p><nyt_byline version=\"1.0\" type=\" \"><\/nyt_byline><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/h\/patrick_d_healy\/index.html?inline=nyt-per\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More Articles by Patrick Healy\">PATRICK HEALY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every theater season has its must-must-must-see show, the snob hit that separates the true sophisticates (at least in their own minds) from the cultural chaff. New York will have a doozy of a contender this July: a 12-hour production of a grim <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/d\/fyodor_dostoyevsky\/index.html?inline=nyt-per\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More articles about Fyodor Dostoyevsky.\">Dostoyevsky<\/a> novel that will be performed only twice, in Italian (with English supertitles), in a warehouse on Governors Island, reachable only after a ferry trip and a 20-minute walk.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2010\/03\/12\/theater\/12play_CA0\/12play_CA0-articleInline.jpg\" alt=\"Andrea Boccalini - Ivan Alovisio, left, one of the actors in \u201cThe Demons,\u201d directed by Peter Stein, right.\" align=\"left\" \/>Golf carts will be available for patrons who want to avoid the hike; otherwise, comfort-food theater this is not.<\/p>\n<p>Nor will the show, \u201cThe Demons,\u201d be an easy ticket, setting the stage for I-was-there bragging rights that a certain brand of New Yorker finds irresistible.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who quickly bought tickets on Wednesday was David Coats, a member of the Friends of <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/organizations\/l\/lincoln_center_for_the_performing_arts\/index.html?inline=nyt-org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More articles about Lincoln Center for The Performing Arts\">Lincoln Center<\/a>. He\u2019s a theater director in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., who is a fan of the Dostoyevsky novel and of the production\u2019s director, the German auteur Peter Stein, and an even bigger fan of what he called theater as an adventure. Mr. Coats said on Thursday that he relished the idea of trekking out to Governors Island and testing his stamina with the marathon performance (which will be broken up by meal and bathroom breaks).<\/p>\n<p>In Mr. Coats\u2019s view \u201cThe Demons\u201d will be a relief from the onslaught of films, music and television shows that clutter American culture. \u201cThis will be like going on an adventurous foreign trip without needing a passport,\u201d said Mr. Coats, who will attend with his wife, Alma Becker, a guest artist at Skidmore College. \u201cWe\u2019ve been to Berlin and just missed a Stein production there. We were in Moscow and just missed Stein there. Our colleagues and other theater people have spoken so highly of Stein, so we want in on the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/12\/theater\/12play.html\" target=\"_blank\">click to continue reading at NYTimes.com<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The New York Times A 12-Hour Play, and Endless Bragging Rights By PATRICK HEALY Every theater season has its must-must-must-see show, the snob hit that separates the true sophisticates (at least in their own minds) from the cultural chaff. 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