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Big Band Era – The World of Jimmy Wise
Performance Network Theatre opened Brill by Ann Arbor playwright, David Wells with music by Frank Allison this weekend and left patrons curious about the life of the character, Jimmy Wise – a washed-up Big Band songwriter who adamantly views Rock ‘n Roll as a dying fad. He references the Big Band style as an intelligent and classy […]
Shoe Manufacturing in the Early 20th Century – What Tom Does When He’s Not “At the Movies”
The character, Tom Wingfield. in The Glass Menagerie (portrayed by Kevin Young) looks distressed because of the duties he is bound to serve for his family. Tom Wingfield is a worker at a shoe manufacturing company and is fired for writing a poem on the top of a shoebox. Keep reading to learn about the shoe […]
From Williams to Wilson – Ray Schultz in “Blanche & Beyond”.
“Tennessee Williams’ poetic realism really affected Lanford Wilson. Not that I didn’t see it before, but I certainly see more of it after Blanche & Beyond,” said Ray Schultz, director of Burn This and star of the touring one-man show Blanche & Beyond – showing at Performance Network Theatre on October 14 & 15 at 7pm. Ray Schultz spent […]
Who was Lanford Wilson?
“Nobody’s safe around a writer.” – Lanford Wilson Known for contrast. He blended hard-eyed view of the world with elegant language. Starred in his high school’s production of The Glass Menagerie as Tom. Wrote in elements of his personal life. The cafe below his apartment was the setting for Balm in Gilead. Judd Hirsch, Swoosie Kurtz, Christopher Reeve […]
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