There is another production in Pennsylvania of Algonquin Round Table material this month. What is it with the Keystone State and the Twenties? We got a note from playwright Michael Gerhardt that his new show The Vicious Circle will be at the Footlighters Theater, 58 Main Avenue, Berwyn, PA 19312.
The show is January 18, 19, 25, 26. From a press release:
“Another exciting world premiere from the celebrated author of last year’s The Lincoln Affair. Presented as a staged reading, this new play covers the lives of 3 famous authors, members of the (in)famous Algonquin Round Table, over a two-decade span in the 1920’s and 1930’s, as they observe with their biting wit and sharp intelligence the changes in the world around them. Or has it really changed at all?”
The cast: James Reese, (Frank Case), Ray Engler (Aleck Woollcott), Don Gimpel (Robert Benchley), and Annette Traci (Dorothy Parker).
Tickets: $15 each. For reservations, call (610) 296-9245. Show schedule:
Friday, January 18, 8 p.m.
Saturday, January 19, 8 p.m.
Friday, January 25, 8 p.m.
Saturday, January 26, 8 p.m.
There are also shows on Thursday with reduced price for guest of member, and 2 PM Sunday matinees (but no dates are listed on their web site for these shows).