'Red' examines art, an artist, the act of creation

New York City : NY : USA | Apr 01, 2010 at 4:23 PM PDT

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They are the tantalizing first words of "Red," John Logan's engrossing, often enthralling new play about art, an artist and the act of creation...And like "Sunday," a musical about French painter Georges Seurat, "Red," which opened Thursday at Broadway's Golden Theatre, focuses on a famous artist, American abstract expressionist Mark Rothko.

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In this 2009 publicity image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Alfred Molina portrays Mark Rothko, left, and Eddie Redmayne portrays Ken in a scene from the Donmar Warehouse production of John Logan's "Red," now playing at Broadway's Golden Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Johan Persson)

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