The David Mamet Children's Theatre

Last night I went with my girlfriend to a production of Cinderella at the David Mamet Children's Theatre. While I have no children of my own, I had long wanted to attend the Theatre, despite mixed reviews of past productions Seven Dwarves and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

They say great revivals force you to look at old stories in completely new lights; the same can be said of David Mamet's Cinderella. Mamet has morphed what was once a story of a girl going to a ball into a cutting social commentary on how greedy and success driven our contemporary society has become.

The fast-paced and cynical dialogue was a bit hard to follow at times, and a few audience members around me complained that Cinderella was portrayed as a "selfish cunt".

While I felt like the underlying tones of anti-semitism were a bit complexing and uncalled for, I really liked the show, and hope to attend the Theatre's upcoming production of the Little Mermaid.