1930's

Jared and I went to see a play called Stage Door on Thursday night. The way they staged it was very interesting. The stage went down the middle of the room and there were seats (on risers) on each side. The stage was set at the beginning as a living room/music room with stairs at one end, and there were no scene changes. While we were sitting waiting for the show to start a black and white movie was playing in a picture screen that was on the wall of the set with the stairs. The movie was made by the same actors as were in the play as well as the director, costume manager, and other people required to make a play happen. They introduced all the actors and had several short clips about the 1930's, how the idea for the play had come about, and about the play itself. When the play started it took me a moment to realize that all of the actors had their faces and sometimes hair powdered white, wore gray lipstick, and all had clothes in shades of gray, black, or white. The whole play was a black and white movie. I could go on and tell you all about the plot of the play, but I won't bore you with something that you might never see or ruin the end for you if you do ever see it. Suffice it to say that it is a play about 16 struggling actresses (on the stage) and their stories of love, pain, success, and failure.