A Life in the Theater

The guy's the thing

by Sally Mitani

posted 6/1/2006

A Life in the Theater, an early (1977) play by David Mamet, is a funny, gentle, and too-quickly-passing ninety-minute tribute to the craft of acting and the bond between actors. In twenty-six short scenes, David Wolber and Loren Bass play actors in a repertory company slogging through a season. We spy on them not only in their dressing room and at rehearsal,

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