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A DREAM IN HANOl U.S.A./Vietnam, 2002. Director Tom Weidlinger Call this documentary Project Greenhorn. When Shakespeare/Vietnamese culture prof Lorelle Browning founded the Vietnam America Theater Exchange, she had high hopes for a warm n fuzzy cross-cultural collaboration. After several years spent securing funding, contacts, actors, and staff, Browning finally sets off for Vietnam to mount a six-week touring production of A Midsummer Nights Dreama play never before seen in that countryin concert with Hanois Central Dramatic Company. Theres plenty of back-stage drama in this highly entertaining and well-paced making-of documentary (narrated by F. Murray Abraham). Heated creative disagreernents erupt, and the possibility that President Bill Clinton himseif might attend opening night sets everyone abuzz. With two co-directors, two casts, two spoken languages, and two opposing textual interpretations, the Bard himself wouldve stomped out of rehearsals in frustration. World premiere. Emily Russ |