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Cjdb16
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Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 2:55 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

THE UDM THEATRE COMPANY and BREATHE ART THEATRE PROJECT partner to present Edward Albee's THE PLAY ABOUT THE BABY
Marygrove College Theatre March 28 – April 6
The Furniture Factory April 11 -13

The University of Detroit Mercy Theatre Company and Breathe Art Theatre Project are joining several companies in New York City and across the country to celebrate the 80th birthday of one of America's greatest living playwrights, Edward Albee. The Play About the Baby opens March 28th at Marygrove College Theatre home of The UDM Theatre Company, the production will move to the The Furniture Factory on April 11th for a weekend of performances at Breathe Art's home.
In addition to the dynamic partnership that will produce the Detroit production of The Play About the Baby four major productions of Edward Albee's work will be presented in and around New York during the 2007-08 season. Collectively entitled, The Albee Season The plays include Peter and Jerry at Second Stage Theatre, Me, Myself and I at McCarter Theatre, The Sandbox and The American Dream at Cherry Lane Theatre and Occupant at Signature Theatre, the productions span 50 years of Albee's career. Edward Albee celebrated his 80th birthday on March 12, 2008.
The Play About the Baby is directed by Breathe Art co founder and UDM adjunct faculty member Courtney Burkett and includes UDM theatre students David Kowalczyk (Dearborn), Marissa Thorndyke (Dearborn) as Boy and Girl and professional actors Peter Cody (Windsor) and Wendy Wagner (West Bloomfield) as Man and Woman.
Performances of The Play About the Baby are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. Tickets for The Play About the Baby are $15 regular admission and $13 discount admission for Senior citizens, UDM employees, and alumni. Non UDM students with a valid student ID pay $9. UDM and Marygrove students with a valid student ID pay $5. The play will be performed at Marygrove College (8425 W. McNichols Rd.) March 28 – April 6 and The Furniture Factory April 11 – 13 (1462 Third Street Detroit, MI) April 11 - 13. To reserve tickets call 313-993-3270.
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Spitty
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Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 3:49 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I thought this was a tribute to Albi the Racist Dragon My mistake... racist dragons don't deserve tributes.
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Spacemonkey
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Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 3:56 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

A tribute to Mitch Albee? Ugh. I hate his column. It's schmaltze.
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Gistok
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Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 4:26 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Interestingly enough Edward Albee was an adoptee into the Albee family of Vaudeville fame.

The original Edward Franklin Albee (3 generations earlier) together with his parter Benjamin Franklin Keith formed the Boston based Keith-Albee Vaudeville & Theatre Chain that dominated the northeast in the early 20th century. Then in January of 1928 they merged with the (west of the Mississippi) Orpheum Theatre Chain to form Keith-Albee-Orpheum Vaudeville Circuit.

By May 1928 a majority of the Keith-Albee-Orpheum chain was sold to Joseph Kennedy (father of president). In October 1928, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) purchased the Keith-Albee-Orpheum chain, and the merger created "Radio Keith Orpheum"... better known as RKO.

This merger also begat the RKO Motion Pictures Studios in Hollywood, and star billing of motion pictures started the slow demise of Vaudeville.

Sometime in the 1940's Howard Hughes bought (and later sold) the RKO chain.

(Message edited by Gistok on March 25, 2008)
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Blondy
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Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 2:17 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Scroll down for a great review of The Play About the Baby

http://encoremichigan.com/revi ews.html
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Detroitnerd
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Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 2:26 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Albee seeing you. :-)

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