It's the kind of thing that happens on an emotional level in human relationships all the time, but by using this theatrical conceit, the stakes heighten.
An American theatrical phenomenon is staking its first claim on London's west end today in a performance in which all of the many actors involved, from Colin Firth to Juliet Stevenson, Sir Ben Kingsley and Sir Ian McKellen, will be happily upstaged by an unlikely rival – British history.
We come from different theatrical backgrounds and together stake our claim for the overwhelming importance of humor and beauty.
The Mott-trained son of Theatrical nailed down his first stakes victory and collected $90,000 of the $150,000 purse for his owner, Madeleine Paulson, chiefly because Bailey executed quick thinking and agile hands heading into the first turn of the mile-and-an-eighth race.
As part of the deal, Sony has purchased a 20 percent equity stake in Scott Sanders Theatrical Productions, a five-year-old company whose partners include Mr. Sanders, Robert Kraft, David Kraft, Roy Furman and Jim Fantaci.
Auntie Mame, a 4-year-old Theatrical filly, won her second straight stakes and her ninth race in 14 starts over all when she took the Glens Falls Handicap by seven lengths.
But dramatic approach, those familiar with this quarrel say, may be less at stake than the traditional theatrical demons of ego and power.
(The fourth, "Joan of Arc at the Stake," is a filmed record of a theatrical performance; the fifth and final, "Fear," is flawed but still of great interest, and can be seen on Criterion's Hulu Plus streaming site).
In its 31 years producing this venerable short-play festival, the Ensemble Studio Theater has staked a claim as the pre-eminent theatrical home for short works by major artistic talents like Sam Shepard, Horton Foote, Neil LaBute, David Mamet, Richard Greenberg and David Auburn.
