Found this nugget on the Wall Street Journal site. Thanks to Matt Wells at the needtheatre blog for the link. Raises an interesting question: Where are all the Conservative plays? Which raises an even MORE interesting query: Is theatre and conservativism anti-thetical?
In the article, Terry Teachout (great name!) puts it this way:
…I can’t think of [...]
Is There Such A Thing As Conservative Theatre?
by Colin Mitchell, November 28th, 2008
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Tags:(caryl shurchill|guthrie|john mccain|laguna playhouse|london national theatre|matt wells|needtheatre|sam shepard|South Coast Rep|taper|terry techout|Tim Robbins|Wall street journal)Legitimizing Los Angeles Theatre
by Colin Mitchell, October 30th, 2008
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Impossible, you say? The whole TOWN is illegitimate! People come here from other places so that they can obtain something that will allow them to LEAVE!
Fine. I’m talking about legitimizing Los Angeles Theatre. Now before I go on, understand, I find a good chunk of the theatre that is born and bred here in Los [...]
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