Like Reverend Ike's ministry, the theater reflected its patrons' desire for dignity and wealth, if providing only a fleeting taste of it.
Brian Friel's first play to receive major attention is a bittersweet comedy about a down-on-his-luck Irishman (is there any other kind in the theater?) reflecting on his life before he moves to the States (2 00) Irish Repertory Theater, 132 West 22nd Street, (212 727-2737.
The state of Belgrade's theaters reflects a broader decay of cultural icons in the former Yugoslavia, which broke up amid the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe in the 1990s.
Restoration groups say the rescues of beautiful old theaters reflect dual desires: a devotion to movies and live drama, dance and concerts; and adding value to downtown economies.
In a country where serial dramas and plays are still performed regularly on the radio, it's another example of how a theater program reflects its society.
The idea is not just to illuminate the characters' lives but also the eras, said the production's director, Katharine Connor, and to show "that musical theater really reflects what's going on in the world".
The Drama To some extent, Mr. Coburn's amendment and the willingness of Mr. Brown and other Democrats to co-sponsor it is political theater and reflects the usual partisan jabbing and jousting that characterizes so much of the modern legislative process.
The change that this New York theater season reflects, said Tony Kushner, the author of "Angels in America," is that the demographics of H.I.V. and AIDS have changed radically, and that outright discrimination against gay men and lesbians is no longer unchallenged or broadly acceptable in American society.
The summer part of the Garde's theater programming reflects the cultural awareness of a gritty little town, to rephrase the words of the arts center's publicity representative Patty Freedman, who went on to say that attention to substance is the Garde's new thrust, now that its spectacular $15.75 million renovation, is proven.
Moreover, Diavolo Dance Theater invariably reflects Mr. Heim's idea of being "an urban person -- one who loves the movement of the city, the patterns of the people and seeing that everyone's heads are in the air, so to speak, that we're all struggling with identity confusion to one degree or other, over and over, as part of a weird cycle of ongoing change".
