Word: theater
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...story of the American stage is the rise of resident companies in scores of cities. Instead of offering just touring entertainments on their way to or from Broadway, they present new works and innovative reconsiderations of the classics. The foremost symbol of this regional movement is the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. One of the older companies -- it marks its 25th anniversary this year -- it is also among the biggest, with 1,441 seats, more than in 25 of the 37 playhouses on Broadway...
...artistic directorship of the Guthrie is thus one of the plums in the American theater. Despite this, of the six men who have held it, only two have been Americans. Alvin Epstein lasted a single season before returning in 1979 to a distinguished career as a roving actor and director. The second is Garland Wright, 42, who was appointed two years ago and recently extended his contract until...
...other is the U.S. premiere of Pravda, a 1985 London hit about the takeover and corruption of serious news media by a tycoon whom critics likened to Rupert Murdoch. Wright is looking forward to them confidently. "Thanks to the long and rarefied history of the repertory at this theater," he says, "the audience is much better educated than average about the literature of the stage and eager to embrace demanding and sophisticated work...
...saying 'We are not yet with you, Jesus,' " Frankie volunteers from the couch; her glasses shine. "Is that it?" asks Walter. "There's a place in my opera where I'd love to use that sound. We could mount four speakers at the corners of the theater and get exactly that same effect of being surrounded by the sound." Doug's brother is a deacon in the church, so maybe a full-scale taping can be arranged...
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