IMDb plot summary: This is performed in the Noël Coward theatre and is an adaptation from the well known film. This story revolves around aspiring actress Eve Harrington (Lily James). Tattered and forlorn, Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing (Gillian Anderson) and tells Margo and her friends a melancholy life story. Margo takes Eve under her wing, only to have Eve use her and connive against her.
Directed by Ivo van Hove. Starring Lily James, Gillian Anderson, Julian Ovenden, and Rhashan Stone.
This is a very ugly adaptation of All About Eve. The script is good, the performances are decent (though Lily James' acting is a little broad for my taste here), but aesthetically, this is one of the least appealing theatrical pieces I maybe have ever seen. The ungainly screen in the upper half of the space becomes well worn out as a gimmick less than a half hour into the run, and the minimal set, rather than sparking the imagination, just feels sprawling and empty -- and not in a way that I feel is attempting to thematically tie into the emptiness of show business! A disappointingly distracting series of design choices.
How it entered my Flickchart:
All About Eve < Phantom of the Paradise
All About Eve > The Godfather
All About Eve > Goldfinger
All About Eve > Saboteur
All About Eve < Stepmom
All About Eve < Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
All About Eve > Genius
All About Eve > Happy Christmas
All About Eve > The Fighter
All About Eve < The Mummy (1999)
Final spot: #1648 out of 3004.
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