The Other Red State
As I noted yesterday, the Los Angeles Music Center is putting out material from their archives, which they call "Scenes from the Vault." It's not just musicals, but plays, as well. And this is from a very interesting play that I saw at the Mark Taper Forum in late 2012, called Red by John Logan. He's probably best-known as a screenwriter, getting three Oscar nominations -- two for Best Original Screenplay with Gladiator and The Aviator, and once for Best Adapted Screenplay with Hugo.
The play is about artist Mark Rothko who spars with his assistant Ken sparring over the merits of contemporary artists, most of whose work he detests.
This is an excellent, extended scene with Alfred Molina who wonderful as Rothko, and Jonathan Groff as the assistant.
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