She's in over her head: ferocity, thy name is Elizabeth Marvel.(Interview)
American Theatre, February, 2005 by Walat, Kathryn
ELIZABETH MARVEL IS A FORCE OF NATURE--A UNIQUE creature in performance and in person. You can't take your eyes off her on stage, not just because her presence is electric but because you have to see for yourself just how far she'll go. Off stage, she's known as something of a live wire, a woman with an Ibsenesque inclination to embrace life with vine leaves in her hair.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Hedda Gabler reference is apt, because this winter at New York Theatre Workshop Marvel transformed Ibsen's self-destructive, contradiction-ridden ...
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