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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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Fat Ham
TheatreSquared (4/17 - 5/12) | |
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The Sunshine Boys
Argenta Contemporary Theatre (9/11 - 9/21) | |
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Light Up the Sky
Fort Smith Little Theatre (5/30 - 6/8) | |
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Chicago
Actors Theatre of Little Rock (7/10 - 7/27) | |
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Ain't Too Proud
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What the Constitution Means to Me
Actors Theatre of Little Rock (9/11 - 9/21) | |
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Grease
Argenta Contemporary Theatre (7/24 - 8/3) | |
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Dreamgirls
Actors Theatre of Little Rock (12/4 - 12/21) | |
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