`BAREFOOT' ON THE STAGE NEIL SIMON CLASSIC COMES TO LIFE.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LANCASTER - Neil Simon's classic comedy ``Barefoot in the Park'' will come to the stage this weekend and next at the Black Box Theatre in the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. Set in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of in the 1960s, the story follows Paul and Corie Bratter, newlyweds who live in a sixth-floor walk-up brownstone brownstone, red to brown variety of sandstone. Its unusual color is caused in some instances by the presence of red iron oxide which acts as a cement, binding the sand grains together. apartment in New York. The apartment has no elevator and no heat but it does have quirky neighbors. ``Corie is a dreamer, an optimist. Paul works in a law firm, a realist and a little bit of a stuffed shirt stuffed shirt n. Informal A person regarded as pompous or stiff. stuffed shirt Noun Informal a pompous or old-fashioned person Noun 1. ,'' said director Chuck Houston. ``I think ... anyone who remembers their first weeks of marriage and their adjustment will get a laugh out of it.'' The play debuted on Broadway in 1963 and starred Robert Redford Noun 1. Robert Redford - United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936) Charles Robert Redford, Redford and Elizabeth Ashley as the Bratters. Corie Bratter is played by Grace Vautrain and Paul Bratter is played by Nathan Houston. The cast is filled out with Jan Jensen as Mrs. Banks; Mark Newton as Victor Velasco; Suzy Ligon as the telephone lady; and Jim Tarlton as the deliveryman. ``It's something that's funny and people can bring their families to,'' said Houston. ``We can have fun doing it and the audience can watch with no apologies necessary.'' Houston last directed ``Mr. Roberts'' at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, for which he received a shining star award. The show will be performed at 8 p.m. today, Saturday, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, with matinees scheduled at 2 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 2. Tickets are $12. For information or tickets, call (661) 723-5950. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Nathan Houston and Grace Vautrain star in ``Barefoot in the Park Barefoot in the Park is a play by Neil Simon. Its focus is on newlywed couple Corie and Paul Bratter, who are setting up house in a minuscule fifth-floor walkup apartment in a downtown-Manhattan brownstone. ,'' being staged at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center. (2 -- color) Jan Jensen plays Mrs. Banks and Mark Newton portrays Victor Velasco in ``Barefoot in the Park,'' Neil Simon's classic 1960s comedy being presented in the Black Box Theater For the theater in Oslo, Norway, see Black Box Teater. The black box theater is a relatively recent innovation, consisting of a simple, somewhat unadorned performance space, usually a large square room with black walls and a flat floor. . |
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