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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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The Full Monty
The Umbrella Arts Center (4/26 - 5/19) | |
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Chess: The Musical
Wheaton College - Watson Fine Arts (6/14 - 6/15)
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Head Over Heels – High School Edition
The Company Theatre (7/11 - 7/13) | |
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Grindr Help Desk: The Musical (an unofficial parody)
The Post Office Cabaret (5/26 - 9/5) | |
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9 to 5
Broken Leg Productions (6/14 - 6/15) | |
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Come From Away
Boston Opera House (5/28 - 6/2) | |
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Shake It Up: A Shakespeare Cabaret
Shakespeare & Company (7/2 - 7/7) | |
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Twelfth Night, A musical Adaptation by Shaina Taub
Arlington Friends of the Drama (5/3 - 5/19) | |
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An Evening with Amor Towles
Emerson Colonial Theatre (9/24 - 9/24) | |
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