>> MANY HOLIDAY THEATER SHOWS

ARE ABOUT TO OPEN BUT TONIGHT

WE LOOK AT SHOWS BEYOND THE

NUTCRACKER, WE ARE JOINED BY

HEDY WEISS.

FOR SHOW UP IS "LOOKINGGLASS

ALICE".

YOU SAY THIS IS THE

QUINTESSENTIAL LOOKING GLASS

THEATER.

>> FIRST, IT IS THEIR NAMESAKE

SHOW THEY ARE MASTERS OF CIRCUS

AND MOVEMENT AND LOGIC AND

ILLOGIC AND THE OTHER REASON

THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT ON AND

OFF FOR 10 YEARS AND THIS MUST

BE REALLY THE BEST ADDITION OF

IT.

WE HAVE A LITTLE CLIP WITH

ALICE IN HER ENCOUNTER WITH THE

RED QUEEN.

>> CAN YOU TELL ME HOW I COULD

GET TO THE OTHER SIDE SO THAT I

MAY BECOME A QUEEN?

>> RUN, RUN, RUN.

>> SHE IS RUNNING AS FAST AS

SHE CAN.

YOU SAY IT IS MODERN.

>> THERE ARE ONLY FIVE ACTORS

AND EVERYONE IS NOT ONLY A

MASTER AT ACROBATICS AND

CIRCUS, MUSICAL INTERLUDES AND

DANCING, DANCING ON CHAIRS

TANGLES, WALTZES THEY ARE

FEARLESS AND THEY ALSO PLAY

MULTIPLE CHARACTERS IN THE COME

BACK IN 1 MILLION DIFFERENT

DISGUISES.

ALSO THEY MUST HAVE AN OXYGEN

MACHINE BACKSTAGE BECAUSE THEY

JUST GO FOR 90 MINUTES.

IT IS VERY CLEVER.

TWO ACTRESSES ARE ALTERNATING

IN THE ALICE ROLL.

>> IN TERMS OF THE

FAITHFULNESS OF THE MATERIAL

WHAT WOULD LEWIS CARROLL MAKE

OF IT?

>> I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE

SEEN IT WITH LEWIS CARROLL

BECAUSE I THINK HE WOULD HAVE

THOUGHT HOW THEY COULD MAKE

THIS REAL.

EVERYTHING HE DID IN TERMS OF

MEANINGS AND TIME AND RHYMES

AND RIDDLES, IT ALL BECOMES

REAL ON THE STAGE.

I SAW ADULTS LOOKING AT IT LIKE

THIS, SORT OF IT'S A GREAT

SHOW.

NOT TOO YOUNG BUT CHILDREN

CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE IT.

>> OUR NEXT SHOW IS SOMETHING

THAT WAS A LOT OF CONTROVERSY

IT'S CALLED THE "THE TESTAMENT

OF MARY".

>> THIS IS A ONE WOMAN SHOW

THE FAMOUS IRISH NOVELIST.

YOU COULD SAY IT'S A BIT

HERETICAL SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY

THAT BUT I SAY IT'S KIND OF

REALISM.

IT'S TAKING THE GREATEST STORY

EVER TOLD BUT BEING TOLD BY THE

SO-CALLED VIRGIN MARY.

SHE DENIES THAT SHE IS.

LATER IN LIFE.

SHE LOOKS BACK AT THE VERY

WORST EVENT OF HER LIFE WHICH

WAS THE LOST OF HER SON.

WE HAVE A CLIP IN WHICH WE SEE

MARY TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE

FIRST STARTED TO SEND HER SON

WAS MOVING AWAY FROM HER.

THEY HAD BEEN CLOSE AND NOW HE

WAS MOVING AWAY.

>> I DID NOT EAT MUCH.

AND I DO NOT REMEMBER THE FOOD.

ALTHOUGH MY SON AND I SAT

BESIDE EACH OTHER FOR MORE THAN

TWO HOURS WE DID NOT SPEAK.

THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD HAVE

SPOKEN UP.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE

SPEAKING TO THE STARS OR THE

FULL MOON.

>> THAT IS ACTRESS LINDA

WRIGHT SHE DOES A WONDERFUL

JOB.

IT SOUNDS VERY DARK AND IT IS

DARK BUT IT IS ALSO VERY FUNNY.

AND SHE IS WONDERFUL AND SHE

DESCRIBES HIS FOLLOWERS IT'S

KIND OF LIKE A'60S CALLED SHE

CALLS THEM THE TWITCH YOURS AND

THE MISFITS AND THEY ARE

OBVIOUSLY OUTCASTS ALL OF THEM

AND SHE IS VERY MOCKING ABOUT

THEM.

SHE IS BEING PURSUED BY THE

WRITER OF THE GOSPEL, ONE OF

THE WRITERS OF THE GOSPEL AND

SHE WILL HAVE NONE OF IT.

>> FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE PLAY

YOU RIGHT SHE NOTES THAT SHE

THOUGHT RAISING LAZARUS WAS A

MISTAKE.

>> RATIONALE IS THAT HUMAN

BEING SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING

GOD.

THAT IS KIND OF A TOUCHY

SUBJECT TO SAY THAT.

AND ALSO YOU CAN'T MESS WITH

NATURE AND SHE THOUGHT THAT IS

WHAT THAT WAS AND SHE THOUGHT

IN PART THAT WAS WHY HE BECAME

SO DANGEROUS.

>> WHAT DOES THE AUDIENCE TAKE

AWAY FROM THIS DO YOU THINK?

WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY?

>> I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE

WATCHED THIS WITH POPE FRANCIS

AND AFTERWARD I WOULD HAVE

LIKED TO HAVE SAT DOWN WITH HIM

AND SAID WELL, YOU ARE A MODERN

THINKER IN MANY WAYS IS THIS

BABY THE WAY IT REALLY

HAPPENED?

THAT IS WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM

IT.

>> THE UNKNOWABLE.

NEXT IS SORT OF A HOLIDAY SHOW

I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU

THOUGHT OF THE " THE HUMANS".

>> IT ALREADY HAS A DATE IN

NEW YORK WITH A DIFFERENT

PRODUCTION.

I THINK YOU CAN EITHER LOVE IT

OR HATE IT OR START OUT HATING

IT IN AT THE END LOVING IT.

IT'S ABOUT A FAMILY,

DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY THAT

GATHERS AT THANKSGIVING AND A

REALLY CRUMMY APARTMENT IN NEW

YORK THAT HASN'T HAD THE

FURNITURE MOVED IN YEARS AND

EACH ONE HAS PROBLEMS.

WE SEE A PAIR IN WHICH THEY ARE

SITTING AT DINNER AND THEY ARE

SAYING GRACE AND THE

GRANDMOTHER WITH DEMENTIA

SUDDENLY HOOKS ONTO SOMETHING.

>> FROM MY BOUNTY TO CHRIST

OUR LORD, AMEN.

>> DO YOU REMEMBER BRIDGET AND

AMY?

AMY AND BRIDGET?

>> DIG IN.

DON'T WAIT.

>> EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT.

>> YES.

>> IT IS A RAINBOW CHARD SALAD

PACKED WITH NUTRIENTS.

>> YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

>> AWESOME.

>> DIG A HOLE SHOWER.

>> SO I THINK IF YOU CAN SAY

THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS GOING

ON LIKE EVERYBODY HAS TOO MANY

THINGS GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE.

THERE IS THE DEMENTIA, THERE IS

THE LOSS OF A FINANCIAL FUTURE.

THERE IS A HEALTH SCARE.

>> THERE IS A SCANDAL.

>> THERE IS A SCANDAL.

THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP OF THE

YUPPIE GIRL AND HER BOYFRIEND

WHO HAS DEPRESSION AND SHE'S

NOT EVERYTHING SHE'S CRACKED UP

TO BE.I'VE SEEN OTHER PLACE

BY THIS PLAYWRIGHT THIS IS ONE

OF HIS TECHNIQUES.

EITHER AT SOME POINT YOU GO

ENOUGH OR YOU GO I KNOW THAT

PERSON AND I KNOW THAT PERSON

AND THEY JUST HAPPEN TO ALL BE

AT THE SAME TABLE.

>> A TABLE MOST PEOPLE WOULD

PROBABLY NOT WANT TO BE AT.

[LAUGHTER]

>> IT TURNS OUT TO BE ABSURD

AND QUITE TOUCHING AT THE END.

>> YOU LOVED IT MORE THAN I

DID.

I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL SHOWS

THERE AND HAVE BEEN MESMERIZED

THIS ONE MAYBE NOT SO MUCH.

>> INCLUDING ANOTHER ONE THAT

WAS AT A TABLE AT THE

RESTAURANT.

>> MY WIFE DID LOVE IT.

THE ENSEMBLE ACTING WHAT DID

YOU MAKE OF IT?

>> I SAW THE DIRECTOR JOE

MONTELLO FROM BROADWAY HE IS

DIRECTING HE HAPPENED TO COME

AND SEE IT.

IF I WERE HIM, I WOULD SAY IT

IS DIRECTED BY PJ POPPER RALLY

THE ACTORS ARE REALLY GOOD JUST

LIKE LIFTED AND BRING IT THERE.