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Amanda Wingfield is a faded, tragic remnant of Southern gentility who lives in poverty in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son, Tom, and her daughter, Laura. Amanda strives to give meaning and direction to her life and the lives of her children, though her methods are ineffective and irritating. Tom is driven nearly to distraction by his mother's nagging and seeks escape in alcohol and the world of the movies. Laura also lives in her illusions. She is crippled, and this defect, intensified by her mother's anxiety to see her married, has driven her more and more into herself. The crux of the action comes when Tom invites a young man of his acquaintance to take dinner with the family. Jim, the caller, is a nice ordinary fellow who is at once pounced upon by Amanda as a possible husband for Laura. In spite of her crude and obvious efforts to entrap the young man, he and Laura manage to get along very nicely, and momentarily Laura is lifted out of herself into a new world. But this crashes when, toward the end, Jim explains that he is already engaged. The world of illusion that Amanda and Laura have striven to create in order to make life bearable collapses about them. Tom, too, at the end of his tether, at last leaves home.
- Tennessee Williams
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The Producers
NTPA Repertory Theatre (4/19 - 4/28)
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Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Allen Contemporary Theatre (5/3 - 5/19) | |
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Broadway at the Center - Tickets on Sale Now!
AT&T Performing Arts Center (12/14 - 7/20) | |
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Fiddler on the Roof
Plaza Theatre Company (4/12 - 5/11) | |
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Hairspray
Music Hall at Fair Park (6/18 - 6/30) | |
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Treasure Island
Genesis Children's Theatre (5/9 - 5/12) | |
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Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Artisan Center Theater (6/7 - 6/29)
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MARY POPPINS
WaterTowerTheatre (7/17 - 7/28) | |
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's All The Good Times: The Farewell Tour
Bass Performance Hall (7/27 - 4/27) | |
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