Final Two Weeks
Posted by Yasen Peyankov on 6/01/2007
We enter the final two weeks of performances for Anne Frank. It has been a long heart wrenching road. It is the first time in my career that I have faced such an emotional challenge. How do you sustain freshness of emotion through such a long run, and how do you stay true to this wonderfully moving story without making it sentimental and self serving? Rest has been the answer for me personally (if I can get it) and focus. Everyone has been wonderful and the ensemble is working together as one, as always. It is a very special group of people and I am going to miss every one of them once we close. A lot of young people are coming to the show, some with their parents, some by themselves. It is such a pleasure to hear their spontaneous reactions and to know that a new generation is growing up watching this story with fresh eyes and having the same emotional reaction to it as their parents and grandparents. The production has been an enormous success and the theatre has been full, even when the weather outside is so nice and inviting.