The greatest American play ever written – Edward Albee
On a stage stripped of theatrical trappings, Our Town lays bare the intimate humanity of living, loving and dying in a small town. Wilder delicately intertwines universal messages into our most simple and familiar activities. Milk is delivered, relationships blossom, and the church choir rehearses, as neighbors grapple together with the nature of life and the world. This poetic piece masterfully offers a philosophical perspective, inspiring us to appreciate the transient beauty of this life while we live it.
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a delightful comedy with a powerful message – New York Post
It is December 1939; Hitler has invaded Poland, Gone with the Wind premieres, and one upper class German-Jewish family trims a Christmas tree in their Atlanta home. The Freitags are buzzing about Ballyhoo, a lavish cotillion and the height of cultural assimilation. The arrival of an attractive Jewish bachelor from Brooklyn prompts the Freitags to examine intra-ethnic bias and their own Jewish identity (or lack thereof). A family almost wrenched apart mends itself with ample comedy, romance, and surprises along the way.
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An intensely absorbing drama – New York News
A local lawyer tells the story of Eddie Carbone, a head-strong longshoreman who has developed an unwitting sexual attraction towards his niece, Catherine. The Carbones play secret hosts to their illegal alien relatives, but Eddie gets jealous when Catherine begins dating one. In a desperate attempt to split them up before they can marry, he betrays both cousins to the Immigration authorities, breaking an unwritten code within his own community. This timeless tragedy touches on themes of blood loyalty, justice, betrayal, sexuality, and societal ethics.
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beauty, humor and pathos shrewdly combined into powerhouse theatre – New York Post
A timid orphan in a seedy London workhouse boldly asks for a bit more food and is sold into an undertaker’s service. He runs away and meets the Artful Dodger, who brings him home to the kind, yet slightly sinister Fagin. There, Oliver is trained as a pick-pocket and finds a friend in Nancy, but neither she nor the boy are fit for a life of crime. Eventually he escapes from the clutches of the crime ring in search of love, happiness, and a home.
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