Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Public Theater opens its "Made in America" season with "Born Yesterday," a 66-year-old war horse that's so homegrown it could be led on stage by that fife and drum trio from the Revolution. The season's six plays are written by American writers, hence the title.
Leading off is Garson Kanin, a workmanlike playwright and director in postwar Broadway and Hollywood. His biggest hit is "Born Yesterday," a screwball comedy with inspirations from Shaw's "Pygmalion" and Capra's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." It ran four years in New York and made Judy Holliday a star.
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I think it's great that the Public Theatre is paying tribute to American writers. It's nice to remind the theatre community of the wonderful works that have come out of domestic theatre scene. Sure some shows are older works but it doesn't mean they're not still entertaining. A routine show, if done correctly, still has plenty of life. Not to mention, a show can be reinterpreted a bunch of different ways to bring a new take to each production. I feel like these days the objective of alot of shows to create a big spectacle that will wow audiences, when a traditional comedy done with energy can wow them just as much.
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