Pittsburgh City Paper: "In some ways, Agnes of God and The Elephant Man are almost mirror images. Agnes (1979) and Elephant (1982) opened back when Broadway still regularly offered storytelling in a theatrical style instead of movie-influenced spectacle. Each play is based on a true story, and both have enjoyed long lives at regional and community theaters.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Agnes of God and The Elephant Man
Pittsburgh City Paper: "In some ways, Agnes of God and The Elephant Man are almost mirror images. Agnes (1979) and Elephant (1982) opened back when Broadway still regularly offered storytelling in a theatrical style instead of movie-influenced spectacle. Each play is based on a true story, and both have enjoyed long lives at regional and community theaters.
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I really like when two pieces like this, both with similar points and themes, are played at the same time although it would have been nice for this article to have come out before the seventh, since that did not leave much time for audiences to go see both.
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