"Manhunt for the Commander in Briefs
ends on stage Without Walls"
We went to see Alfred Uhry's Without Walls at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles on its opening night.
Laurence Fishburne, portrays Morocco, an idealistic and popular drama teacher at a non-tradi
tional high school in Manhattan, circa 1977. Morocco, who has great skill in bringing out the best in his students, takes a confused transfer student, Anton, under his wing and gives him a chance to play the lead role opposite the prized student actress, Lexy, in a school production of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” A special bond is formed between Morocco, Anton and Lexy but misperceptions and complex emotions threaten to send the three down a perilous path. What follows is a poignant look at the power and the fragility of the student/mentor relationship.
This Center Theatre Group production is directed by Christopher Ashley. Now playing from June 1 to July 16.
Laurence Fishburne, portrays Morocco, an idealistic and popular drama teacher at a non-tradi
tional high school in Manhattan, circa 1977. Morocco, who has great skill in bringing out the best in his students, takes a confused transfer student, Anton, under his wing and gives him a chance to play the lead role opposite the prized student actress, Lexy, in a school production of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” A special bond is formed between Morocco, Anton and Lexy but misperceptions and complex emotions threaten to send the three down a perilous path. What follows is a poignant look at the power and the fragility of the student/mentor relationship.This Center Theatre Group production is directed by Christopher Ashley. Now playing from June 1 to July 16.
Talk about guilty pleasures, but I wasn't expecting to see former contestant of Bravo's cheesy Reality TV Show, "Manhunt - The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model", Matt Lanter, who also plays the first son in Geena Davis' TV show, Commander in Chief.
Matt is noticeably and understandably still not at ease on stage as he marks his professional theater debut and joins Tony Award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne and Amanda MacDonald in this new drama.In the program credits, he does not mention among his short body of work, his involvement in Manhunt, where he had to jump out of a plane and skydive in his underwear on the pilot (and by that I mean the TV prototype first episode, and not the person flying the plane). In this play he drops his pants once again, but this time he is firmly planted on the ground, on stage "without walls" obstructing the view. I assure you it was an integral part of the story.
So if you enjoy seeing a good play and/or simply want to see a gay Morpheus mentor a cute guy in his Calvin's under the pretense of quenching your thirst for culture, go and see "Without Walls".
Note: Buy a seat facing stage right for a better view... LOL
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