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.
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Disney's NEWSIES
The GEM Theater (7/19 - 7/28) | |
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
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Majah Issues Comedy Tour Comes to Miramar Cultural Center on June 21
Miramar Cultural Center / ArtsPark (6/21 - 6/21) | |
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You're the Top: The Songs of Cole Porter
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Siudy Garrido Flamenco Company and South Florida Symphony Orchestra Present Amor Brujo
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (6/15 - 6/15) | |
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (3/25 - 3/30) | |
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Anastasia The Musical: Youth Edition presented by Inclusion Theatre Project
Area Stage Conservatory (6/14 - 6/16) | |
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