Theater night

We saw a performance of Tom Stoppard's "Travesties", which was first performed in 1974. It was an ambitious piece for the little Seattle Public Theater's Bathhouse Theater to attempt, but I think they did well. The play is a strange disjointed thing, mingling James Joyce, Tristan Tzara (the originator of the Dada art movement), V.I. Lenin, and Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" in the addled memories of a former British consul who was in Zurich during WWI. Lots of wordplay, references to the above luminaries' works and philosophies which sped by so rapidly I didn't always have time to consider them, but overall it was entertaining. Impressive main role performed by an actor who is making his debut with the SPT.
Another show later this month by a different theater group is called "5 x Tennessee - One Act plays by Tennessee Wiliams." I looked over the theater group's synopses, and it sounds tempting. Put on by Stone Soup Theater here in Seattle.