Event

A Life In The Theatre

Tongue and Groove Theatre presents
A Life In The Theatre
by David Mamet

Ahhhh! A life in the theatre! The drafty halls, the penciled scripts, the stories you hear. The greasepaint--just vivid colors in oily goop, but somehow as evocative as Prousts madelines--blah blah blah blah...

What is it with actors and their maddening romanticizing about life in the theatre? The surest traditions are long hours, lousy pay, inept producers, sweaty dressing rooms, falling scenery, and the wrath of critics. The only thing that could make the job worse is some creepy old actor with an irrepressible desire to educate the uninitiated.

Here we have the young Zeb West (The Red Balloon) barely tolerating the wisdom and idiosyncrasies of the old Michael Stuart (The Fantasticks)-- onstage and off-- in this hilarious and touching send-up of the traditions, superstitions, and vagaries of the theatre. Directed by Mark Stewart (Bomb Shelter: Or The Modern Pinocchio).