[NEohioPAL]Coach House review

Sat Feb 3 11:39:54 PST 2007

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 REVIEW: COACH HOUSE'S MAMET FULL OF LAUGHS
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Coach House Theatre, with its largely senior audience, has taken a risk in p=
roducing the vitriolic David Mamet=E2=80=99s A Life in the Theatre.
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It=E2=80=99s a risk that has paid off artistically, despite the unusually sl=
im audience I saw in the tiny Akron theater Thursday evening. Congratulation=
s to outgoing artistic director Jim Fippin for choosing to present and direc=
t this thought-provoking, entertaining piece.
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I=E2=80=99m glad I caught the tail end of the production, which closes at 8=20=
tonight. In this two-man 1977 play, Mamet pokes somewhat loving yet sardonic=
 fun at thespians. Just about every stereotype about actors is trotted out h=
ere, but Mamet=E2=80=99s gift for dialogue makes it all seem fresh and =E2=
=80=94 above all =E2=80=94 keeps us laughing.
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For the full review, see http://kerryclawson.wordpress.com.
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<div> <STRONG>REVIEW: COACH HOUSE'S MAMET FULL OF LAUGHS</STRONG></div>

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<div>Coach House Theatre, with its largely senior audience, has taken a risk=
 in producing the vitriolic David Mamet=E2=80=99s <EM>A Life in the Theatre<=
/EM>.</div>

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<div>It=E2=80=99s a risk that has paid off artistically, despite the unusual=
ly slim audience I saw in the tiny Akron theater Thursday evening. Congratul=
ations to outgoing artistic director Jim Fippin for choosing to present and=20=
direct this thought-provoking, entertaining piece.</div>

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<div>I=E2=80=99m glad I caught the tail end of the production, which closes=20=
at 8 tonight. In this two-man 1977 play, Mamet pokes somewhat loving yet sar=
donic fun at thespians. Just about every stereotype about actors is trotted=20=
out here, but Mamet=E2=80=99s gift for dialogue makes it all seem fresh and=20=
=E2=80=94 above all =E2=80=94 keeps us laughing.</div>

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http://kerryclawson.wordpress.com</A>.</div>
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