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The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother’s infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn’t recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.
- A.R. Gurney
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Robert Frost: This Verse Business
Roberts Studio Theatre at Calderwood Pavilion (4/23 - 4/28)
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The Stands
Firehouse Center for the Arts (5/3 - 5/5) | |
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I Hear America Singing: Songs for the People and The American Songbook
St. Luke's Episcopal Church (4/27 - 4/28) | |
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The Full Monty
The Umbrella Arts Center (4/26 - 5/19) | |
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Zucchero
Emerson Colonial Theatre (5/11 - 5/11) | |
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Hooray for Hollywood! A Century of Song on the Silver Screen
Applause Concerts (5/3 - 5/4) | |
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts (5/3 - 5/5) | |
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A Christmas Carol
The Company Theatre (11/29 - 12/22) | |
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The Queen of Versailles
Emerson Colonial Theatre (7/16 - 8/18) | |
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