And at 3 hours 10 minutes, the production felt every bit as long as it was.
The song has an "American production" feel to it.
At first, this production certainly does not feel like anything one might expect from the world of Noh.
The production feels so authentic that it seems to have more weight than it otherwise might.
The feeling of claustrophobia is indeed effective, but it's also unrelieved, which makes the production feel longer than it should.
His great skill was in managing to make the production feel special and owned by everyone who worked on it.
That said, the production feels a little sodden, as if dampened by humidity.
Yet the production feels busy without being lively.
So why does this production, which should be a hothouse of erotic confusion, often feel cold?
Perhaps it's odd to say that this ambitious production feels more authentic, since Lorna, too, is a fictional character.