The play "Two on the swing": reviews in Sovremennik, at the Film Actor Theater, in the Comedian's Shelter, in the TsDUJ

A swing is a symbol. The symbol of impermanence, in the first place. Attempts to escape from the past lead the protagonist to a new relationship, full of absurdity, from the moment of acquaintance and ending with separation, and consisting of staggering ups and downs.

Gibson's play "Two on a swing" with constant success lives on the stages of different theaters in all corners of the world.

Broadway Story

The work was written in the middle of the last century. The drama of two loving hearts. Flying attorney Jerry and the unsuccessful dancer Gitel reduces the incident. After a party at a mutual acquaintance, where Gitel liked Jerry, he finds her phone and begs for a date on the pretext of buying a refrigerator. Jerry is married, he tries to break off his relationship with his wife and start all over again, including his career, but he does not get it, and even after the official divorce, Jerry returns to his wife, leaving Gitel alone. Their parting is tragic - he and she love, but it's impossible to be together. The final dialogue of the play lovers devote to small things, Jerry explains Gitel how to contact him, asks him to call him when help is needed, and only at the very end, for the first time in his entire life, he says that he loves her. Gitel smiles, trying to hide the sobbing, and the first one hangs up.

Throughout history, the characters experience the strongest feelings - from hatred to all-consuming love. Swing up, swing down ...

Variations on the theme

"Two on a swing" in the performance of Russian actors gather full halls not only in the post-Soviet space, but also abroad. Several famous Russian theaters put on the play "Two on a swing." Reviews of viewers about what they saw were only positive. Of course, what happens on the stage, largely depends on the actors, but without the talent of the director to play a good work is impossible. Despite the fact that the performances in different theaters are staged for one work, each pair of actors plays in their own way, adding replicas somewhere, somewhere removing them. The director builds the outline of events the way he feels it, the actors masterfully embody his idea into a magnificent action.

Contemporary

The first in 1962 the play was staged by the Sovremennik Theater. "Two on the swing" reviews received the warmest. For 30 years, while Galina Volchek staged the play, actors were replaced, but the theater always collected full rooms.

Returning again to the favorite plot, the director does not depart from traditions. The performance is staged in the spirit of psychological theater, as a sign of respect for the work of Sovremennik. A minimum of scenery, each of which is a symbol. The main thing, of course, is the phone. He is that delicate thread between the characters that connects them at the beginning of the play, and which breaks off at the end. The play "Two on the swing" receives reviews not only about the remarkable direction and playing of actors, the audience also highly appreciated the music, which remarkably complements the action. Frank Sinatra immerses us in the atmosphere of those years, precisely selected compositions completely fall into the theme of what is happening on stage.

Fidelity to traditions

The play "Two on the swing" (Sovremennik), reviews of the audience about him once again prove that the director was not mistaken, having returned to the long-played history. Despite the fact that Galina Volchek has staged the performance, practically without changing anything, yet some innovations appeared in the production. Neon, who was not in the 60's, and lighting, which symbolizes the bright lights of New York, is added to the staging of tragedy. The play of light helps to feel the mood of the heroes deeper.

Fresh forces

To the actors who played the play "Two on a swing" (Sovremennik), the feedback of viewers who remember the production of the past years, enthusiastic. Many say that they could hardly restrain their tears, so penetrating was the game. Galina Borisovna was not mistaken here. The choice of actors is another difference between the performances of past years and this new production. Previously, only actors from the theater troupe took part in it. In the new production Gitel plays the leading actress of the theater - Chulpan Khamatova, but Jerry was invited from the set.

Actor Cyril Safonov was filmed mostly in serials. Favorite of many viewers, Cyril opened with a completely new, unfamiliar side and did not disappoint. About the play "Two on the swing" "Contemporary" reviews are received from the very first days of the production, mainly these are opinions about the game of actors. The talented duo in the first act makes spectators from the bottom of the heart laugh at tiny phrases and jokes, over Jerry's awkwardness, and in the second - to cry, watching the mental agonies of the heroes.

Chulpan once again confirmed her skills. Thin, elegant, in a turquoise suit with a lush skirt that emphasizes her slender waist is another symbol of fragility. Not without reason, Jerry calls her Baby all the time. She does not play - she lives in this role. It's not just a role, it's a dedication to Galina Chalikova. She was the creator of the fund "Give me life" and three years ago she died of cancer. It was she, according to Chulpan, was capable of such sacrificial love.

Not so long ago, an updated version came out, and the play "Two on a swing" (Sovremennik Theater), reviews of grateful spectators who were told a lot of good, won great popularity among theatergoers. The hall is always full, tickets are sold out instantly, despite the rather high cost.

House of Culture Railwayman

Another Moscow theater, decided to stage the play "Two on a swing" - TsDKZH. Reviews of the audience about this production say that the director Andrei Kiryushchenko has coped with the work.

Unexpected was the choice of actors. The role of Gitel played wonderfully Tatiana Arntgolts, and Jerry was remarkably represented by Grigory Antipenko. A new role revealed remarkable talents. Grigory in his role actively used facial expressions and gestures, which significantly distinguished his game from Safonov's more restrained play. Jerry in Gregory was more emotional. Frankly, comparing the game of two actors is not entirely correct. Everyone has his own charisma. And the play "Two on a swing" can not be similar to each other, set by different creative collectives.

The responses of even those viewers who visited not only the premiere, but also the later productions of one theater, are different. The audience claims that the same response sounds absolutely different. The skill of actors is sharpened every time, roughnesses and minor inaccuracies disappear.

Field for creativity

Many spectators, before going to the theater, read the play and watched the old American musical "Two on a swing." Performance reviews got the very best. The audience unanimously recognized that both the actors and the director had done a very great job. In both versions, the actors were both easy and difficult at the same time. It's hard because there was not a single video record left, either from the rehearsals or from the performance of the past, there was no support. On the other hand, this is a big plus, there is an opportunity for creativity. Each of the actors showed the hero he imagined. Played as the heart prompted.

From the series to the big stage

The role played in the play "Two on the swing" Arntgolts, the reviews received excellent. Tatiana was very organic: the final scene, where she sobs, throwing the phone, did not leave any spectator indifferent. During this farewell dialogue, many men in the hall wiped tears.

The play "Two on the swing" was received not only from Moscow theatergoers, but also from residents of different cities of Russia and abroad.

Jerry and Gitel in the performance of Antipenko and Arntgolts toured a lot, and in all cities there are performances at full sold-out. Thanks to these roles, they managed to get rid of the label "actor of a soap opera" and win the love of a new, much larger audience.

What will Peter say?

Not only Moscow theaters give a real feast of feelings to the audience, who came to the play "Two on a swing." Reviews "The shelter of the comedian" has received quite restrained, to match the cool St. Petersburg climate. Director Veniamin Felshtinsky interpreted the famous Broadway musical in his own way. But this did not prevent the performance from receiving well-deserved awards.

Elena Kalinina in the role of Gitel and Oleg Fedorov, and earlier - Dmitry Vorobyov, achieved great success on the stage of the St. Petersburg Theater "The Shelter of the Comedian". For the first time the performance was presented to the public in 2004, and since then it has passed 150 times. It is worth noting that the production of the play by this particular director received the Golden Sofit award in the nomination "The Best Acting Ensemble" and became a participant of the St. Petersburg Theater Season in Prague in 2007. And although the review "The Two on the Swings" "The Shelter of the Comedian" was not as numerous as the performances in the Moscow theaters, the spectators of St. Petersburg loved this play. The halls are always full, the actors are not allowed to leave the stage for a long time, rewarding with a squall of applause.

Thanks to such talented actors and directors, the art of hypocritical life continues to live. And no matter what they say, going to the theater, living with actors, genuine emotions will never drive this art out of our lives.