ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA COMEDY MUSIC TV CELEBRITY KIDS MOVIEFONE Michael Giltz Freelance writer and raconteur Posted: March 22, 2011 02:28 PM BIO Become a Fan Get Email Alerts Bloggers' Index 18 26 1 3Inspiring Funny Hot Scary Outrageous Amazing Weird CrazyTheater: A "Room" of Her Own Read More: Anne Bogart , Eileen Atkins , Ellen Lauren , Theater , Virginia Woolf , Women's Project , Entertainment News ROOM *** out of **** WOMEN'S PROJECT JULIA MILES THEATER Like director Anne Bogart, I first read Virgina Woolf as a teenager.</p><p> To The Lighthouse felt so modern and bold and fresh and yet completely accessible, it was a revelation.</p><p> Her stream of consciousness style was soinfluential it hardly seemed strange to me some 60 yearslater, but still I realized how exciting it was.</p><p> Then Imoved on to her other masterpiece Mrs.</p><p> Dalloway and other works both more and less enthralling on theirown, but always with a love for an artist who had scaledsuch peaks.</p><p> MOST POPULAR ON HUFFPOST 1 of 2 WATCH: Two New Yorkers Take A Taxi To Los Angeles 9/11 Responders Warned They Will Be Screened For Terrorism Ties (EXCLUSIVE) Poll Shows One Potential Presidential Hopeful InFOLLOW USBIG NEWS: Celebrities | Britney Spears | LeAnn Rimes | Lindsay Lohan | Personal Finance | More...</p><p> PHOTOS: The Funniest People Not On TwitterMiranda Kerr & Orlando Bloom Step Out To 'The The Funniest Someecards For Easter 2011Weekly Roundup of eBay Vintage Clothing Finds News Web Like 276K April 24, 2011 | Log In | Sign Up Get Alerts SHARE THIS STORY Submit this story Get Entertainment Alerts Sign UpPHOTO GALLERIES Like 2K Like 20K FRONT PAGEPOLITICS BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA TECH COMEDY SPORTS STYLE WORLD FOOD LIVING IMPACT EDU LOCALBogart and actress Ellen Lauren share their love of Woolf not through some sentimental one-woman show that celebrates this iconic figure in the warmth and intelligence she so often displayed.</p><p> Instead, theydelve into her mind and literally embody the thought processes of an artist.</p><p> This work by Jocelyn Clarkeadroitly mixes lectures, essays, letters, diary entries and her fiction to capture Woolf's razor-sharp clarityon so many issues.</p><p> It begins simply, with Woolf already seated in the auditorium when you enter, highlighted by a spotlight.</p><p> Abruptly, she launches into a lecture based on the famous essay "A Room Of One's Own." Wryly amusingbut serious, personable but penetrating, simply delivering Woolf's voice can provide an exceptional evening of theater (as evidenced by Eileen Atkins' A Room Of One's Own and Vita and Virginia .) But the pleasures of this Room are more intellectual than emotional.</p><p> At first, Lauren seems a bit mannered as she crosses the stage, but naturalistic.</p><p> Slowly, certain tics appear.</p><p> When she discusses writing, one hand flies up and points a finger down and then slowly descendsuntil it rests on an open palm.</p><p> Another arm gets a bit restless and has to be pushed back into place or itflies off on its own, reaching for the sky.</p><p> As the show progresses, the stylized movements become moreand more predominant.</p><p> Slowly, you realize that at times Woolf is lowering gently to the ground at unexpected moments or is pinned against the back wall during an especially revealing discourse and yet it all proceeds so smoothly you don't question it in the least.</p><p> Lauren handles the transitions between conversation/lecture and the choreographed movement, from public lecture to private memory with ease.</p><p> It climaxes in a wonderful moment where Woolf's insight intowhat has made her an artist is captured in all its exhilarating thrill by a frenzied explosion into puredance.</p><p> The tech elements are handled superbly, especially the movement by Barney O'Hanlon and thesoundscape by Darron L.</p><p> West, all brought together by Bogart and Lauren.</p><p> Fans of Woolf andadventurous dance/theater shouldn't hesitate to head to this production by Women's Project and SITI Company.</p><p> THE 2010-2011 THEATER SEASON (ratings on a four star system) Angels in America revival at Signature *** out of **** Beautiful Burnout at St.</p><p> Ann's Warehouse ** Blood From A Stone ** 1/2 The Broadway Musicals Of 1921 at Town Hall ***Devil Boys From Beyond ** The Diary Of A Madman with Geoffrey Rush at BAM ***Driving Miss Daisy ** Elf * Elling ** A Free Man Of Color ** 1/2 Gatz *** Good People with Frances McDormand ** The Grand Manner ** The Great Game *** Gruesome Playground Injuries *** The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing **The Hallway Trilogy: Paraffin *** Striking Distance Of Obama Popeater: Brad and Angelina's Strict Nanny Requirements Shelterpop: Unplugging Appliances: Do I REALLY Have to Do This? 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