Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood is a verbatim staging of a full half-hour episode of the eponymous television show (#1718: "Be Yourself, That's the Best"). The episode features Rogers’ visit to a string quartet and a trip to the neighborhood of make-believe.
The original television series, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, was and remains a near-universally-beloved American children's program, featuring a radically genuine host whose oddly postmodern refusal to engage in televisual spectacle (virtual absence of filmic cuts, direct address to an audience to whom he refers as "television neighbors", a relatively slow pace and conversational tone, subject matter of emotions and childhood fears, the use of simple puppets, etc.) stands in stark contrast to contemporary modes of discourse both on- and off-camera. As such, capturing Rogers' honesty and affect without veering into parody on one side, or nostalgia on the other, is a challenge: The performance, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, seeks to adhere to the original text, tone, and pacing, to re-approach Rogers' response to televisual culture as an embodied presence today.
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Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood featured Eric Mayson on piano, with Eric Larson, Rachel Petrie, and HATLO as Miss Paulificate; guests Lux String Quartet.
The original television series, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, was and remains a near-universally-beloved American children's program, featuring a radically genuine host whose oddly postmodern refusal to engage in televisual spectacle (virtual absence of filmic cuts, direct address to an audience to whom he refers as "television neighbors", a relatively slow pace and conversational tone, subject matter of emotions and childhood fears, the use of simple puppets, etc.) stands in stark contrast to contemporary modes of discourse both on- and off-camera. As such, capturing Rogers' honesty and affect without veering into parody on one side, or nostalgia on the other, is a challenge: The performance, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, seeks to adhere to the original text, tone, and pacing, to re-approach Rogers' response to televisual culture as an embodied presence today.
See the trailer HERE
Press preview
Press review
Press review
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood featured Eric Mayson on piano, with Eric Larson, Rachel Petrie, and HATLO as Miss Paulificate; guests Lux String Quartet.