Today’s poetry world can be an oxygen-poor environment. Some time ago, the poet Glyn Maxwell decided to come up for air. He turned his ear for voice and rhythm, and his talent for characterization, to the writing of verse theater. The results have been The Forever Waltz, a riff on the Orpheus myth that we noted in this space earlier this year, and his forthcoming Sugar Mile, which will premiere at the 92nd Street Y on May 15, 2006. Last March, The New Criterion published an excerpt of Maxwell’s Sugar Mile, including this introduction. Follow these links for ’Harry dealing cards,’ ’Robby stretching his legs,’ and ’Sally playing Patience.’
Glyn Maxwell’s latest project for stage, called The Broken Journey, will open this Saturday at the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble (of New York, not Phoenix) and play through December 10. The production sports a cool website, for one, and rumor has it that the poet/playwright himself will be playing host to a reception after the Wednesday, November 16 performance.
Poetry--without the need for supplemental oxygen. Consider my calendar marked.
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