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James Franco’s Off Broadway Directorial Debut Totally Bombed

Emma Loggins by Emma Loggins
July 15, 2014
in Celebrity, Entertainment, Entertainment News, Featured
James Franco’s Off Broadway Directorial Debut Totally Bombed
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James Franco’s directorial debut on the New York stage has been savaged by critics.

The star, who is currently starring in a Broadway production of Of Mice and Men, has also been working on an off-Broadway show during his time in New York.

Franco’s staging of Robert Boswell’s play The Long Shrift, starring his ex-girlfriend Ahna O’Reilly, opened at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater on Sunday night and received a number of scathing reviews from critics.

Variety‘s Marilyn Stasio calls the play “preposterous” and “phony” and takes aim at lead actor Scott Haze, accusing him of mimicking his director’s acting style, writing, “Unfortunately, Franco isn’t the star but the director of this play, and he’s entrusted the lead to a thesp who hasn’t a clue what to do – except imitate James Franco.”

Frank Scheck of the New York Post gives the production one star out of five and writes, “Somehow, between doing eight shows a week of Of Mice and Men, teaching, making movies and flirting on Instagram, James Franco’s found time to make his stage directorial debut. Judging from his work on The Long Shrift… there’s a limit to his talents.”

The New York Times‘ Alexis Soloski also had harsh words for Franco’s work, calling the show “untidy, at times annoying, at times ridiculous,” but added, “Mr. Franco achieves mixed success as a first-time Off Broadway director. The rhythms of the first scene are a mess, a section at the reunion too sensational… and many of the lines sound downright weird in the actors’ mouths. Yet Mr. Franco elicits emotionally vivid performances from his cast.”

Franco previously won mixed reviews for his Broadway acting debut in Of Mice and Men and chastised New York Times writer Ben Brantley with a foul-mouth rant for giving his performance a less-than flattering write-up.

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Emma Loggins

Emma Loggins is the Editor in Chief of FanBolt. As an internationally recognized "Geek Girl", Emma updates daily on the latest entertainment news, her opinions on current happenings in the media, screening/filming opportunities, inside scoops and more.  She’s been writing on the world of geekdom and pop culture since 2002 and is also considered to be one of the top Atlanta bloggers and influencers!

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