Something draws me to the turn of the century. And I
I love the literature. There’s something romantic about
exclusively since around 2002. His work is so muscular
Signature: How did you choose what moments in the novel
to put onstage?
and architectural and he’s a wonderful foil for me,
MC: The first thing I did was take a yellow marker and I
as my work’s rather romantic and dark and internal.
went through the book and marked everything that was
[Set and costume designer] David Zinn is also brilliant.
active. So that anything that was an action would feed
This is my first collaboration with him. We’re putting
me. For me the book has more meaning now. What I fell
the show in Léa’s bedroom, which will become an
for was the fact that a woman who was beautiful and
interior for both novels – Chéri and The Last of Chéri.
young(ish) a