Perhaps surprisingly, Mr. Shanley says writing the opera was easier than writing the film script.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
As Mr. Shanley unspools the tale, Mr. Cuomo invited him to lunch to discuss it.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
That may be true, though Mr. Shanley is just 62 and probably has more productive years ahead.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
But a potential problem looms in Sallie's books, says Kathleen Shanley of corporate bond research firm Gimme Credit.
After agreeing to write the libretto, Mr. Shanley went to see "The Marriage of Figaro" at the Metropolitan Opera.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
"I don't know how operas are supposed to be, but I do know when I'm bored, " Mr. Shanley says.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
"It was a rare opportunity that you can't turn down, " Mr. Shanley says.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
"The play opens with the priest giving his sermon to the congregation played by us, the audience, " Mr. Shanley says.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
"The set became like the ring that prizefighters go into, " recalls Shanley.
And now Mr. Shanley has written "Doubt" for a third medium, opera.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
His work as librettist has opened a new creative avenue for Mr. Shanley and possibly made a saint of the composer, Douglas J.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
"The demands opera makes on language are different, " Mr. Shanley says.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
Shanley's mantra during filming was to never lead the audience to any one conclusion, allowing people to view the tale through the reflection of their own biases.
Mr. Shanley, the fifth and last child of an Irish immigrant father who esteemed manual labor, readily admits that he doesn't know a mezzo from a soprano.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
As a result, a scene with back-and-forth dialogue in the play might now have what Mr. Shanley describes as "overlapping dialogue, " a braided conversation that becomes a musical duet.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
And across the street, all four actors in "Doubt, " John Patrick Shanley's multi award-winning play about a nun who suspects a priest of child abuse, have been nominated as well.
It was hard to get this delicate balance in emotionally intense scenes but, says Shanley, with actors of Streep and Hoffman's caliber his approach was to use a very light touch.
Nike has spent several hundred million dollars (according to analyst John Shanley of Susquehanna Financial Group) rearranging suppliers so it can get shoes to market up to three weeks faster than in the past.
Cuomo, who approached Mr. Shanley with the idea.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
Working with Mr. Cuomo, who has written a chamber opera based on the Bhagavad Gita as well as dozens of movie and television scores, Mr. Shanley would write "a chunk of the libretto" and send it to him.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
"I said no, " Mr. Shanley says.
WSJ: A Re-'Doubt'-able Effort | John Patrick Shanley | Cultural Conversation by Judith H. Dobrzynski
Three old hands, however, wrote thoroughly impressive new plays that were all done off-Broadway: John Patrick Shanley's "Storefront Church" opened at the Atlantic Theater Company, Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike " came to Lincoln Center Theater, and Terrence McNally's "Golden Age" was presented in the Manhattan Theatre Club's downstairs space at City Center.
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