Article: Pittsburgh Public Theater plays the old 'Game' well

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 ...

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