Synopsis
Rothko’s studio is an old gymnasium. The hardwood floor is splattered and stained with hues of dark red paint. There is a cluttered counter or tables filled with buckets of paint, tins of turpentine, tubes of glue, crates of eggs, bottles of Scotch, packets of pigment, coffee cans filled with brushes, a portable burner or stovetop, and a phone. There is also a phonograph with messy stacks of records.
There is one door leading to an unseen vestibule where the characters change into their work clothes and enter and exit the studio.
Most importantly, representations of some of Rothko’s magnificent Seagram Mural paintings are stacked and displayed around the room. Rothko had a pulley system that could raise, lower and display several of the paintings simultaneously. The paintings could be repositioned throughout the play, with a different arrangement for each scene.
There is also an imaginary painting ‘hanging’ right in front of the audience, which Rothko studies throughout the play.
Alternately, the entire setting could be abstract.
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Red, a short play by John Logan, is based on an incident in the life of abstract painter Mark Rothko.His 1958 commission to complete a series of paintings—each in shades of red, brown and black) for Manhattan’s Four Seasons restaurant—and his subsequent “honoring” of that commission—occupy the forefront of the action, but the dialogue between the two characters (Rothko and his. Playwright John Logan John Logan received the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critic Circle, and Drama League awards for the Broadway production of Red. He is the author of more than a dozen other plays, including Never the Sinner, Hauptmann, and an adaptation of Ibsen’s The Master Builder.
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