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August 28, 1992 - Image 70

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1992-08-28

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says. "Kaddish, a play based
on a poem by Allen Ginsberg
about his mother's psychotic
collapse, pioneered extraor-
dinary multimedia techni-
ques."
Despite the successes, the
theater was continually hav-
ing financially difficulties.
They were constantly get-
ting themselves into situa-
tions where artistic integrity
interfered with their ability
to recoup costs," Ms.
Napoleon says. "Although
they were doing plays that
were never done before in this
country, people wanted to see
plays that were hits or could
be hits, like light comedies
and musicals. Chelsea did
very few of those kinds of
plays, and what they did do
didn't appeal to the corpora-
tions that funded theaters."

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Chelsea

In 1987 the theater official-
ly closed. By the time ten-
sions had mounted at
Chelsea, Ms. Napoleon had
moved from New York to Ann
Arbor with her family. But
with follow-up phone calls
and occasional visits to the
Big Apple, Ms. Napoleon was
able to put all the pieces
together.
"I think it just wasn't the
right climate for that type of
theater," Ms. Napoleon says.
"Bob Kalfin concentrated on
the art — he did productions
without the proper press
release and support. He felt
he could have stayed open by
selling out and doing
mediocre smaller work, but
for him it wasn't worth it."
Ms. Napoleon believes the
chances Chelsea took will
have a lasting effect on other
theater artists. "It meant
something during its time. I
think it made a mark."
Since Chelsea on the Edge
went into print, Ms. Napoleon
has received positive feedback
from several performers and
directors associated with the
theater.
"Glenn Close and Frank
Langella enjoyed the book so
much that they wrote down
their thoughts and offered to
let my publisher use them on
the dust jacket. And Broad-
way director Hal Prince wrote
the forward."
"I think the book ac-
complishes what Davi set out
to do, and that is telling what
it's like for a non-profit
theater to try and work," Mt
Kalfin adds. "I believe that
the theme is current news,
not history. Her book reflects
what's happening to theaters
all over the country today —
there just isn't the funding to
keep them open."
"The book is about dream-
ing and holding on to your
dream no matter what hap-
pens," says Ms. Napoleon. ❑

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