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Article: Pittsburgh Public Theater plays the old 'Game' well
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- June 9, 2007
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It would be easy for the jaded critic to dismiss the Pittsburgh
Public Theater's production of "The Gin Game" as an easy and
economical way to fill an open date.
Producing Artistic Director Ted Pappas had hoped to fill this
final slot in the 2006-07 season with a newer, more high-profile
play.
D.L. Coburn's "The Gin Game," is neither new nor seldom seen.
Since its Broadway debut in 1977, it has been a long-time staple
of regional and community theaters. A national tour of the 1997
Broadway revival played in Pittsburgh in February 1999 with Julie
Harris and Charles Durning.
With a single, contemporary setting and a cast of two it was
probably a wise economic decision in a season that included ...