((Excerpt))<\/p>\n
Splendid collaborations, promising new works, compelling dramas and knockout regional and local premieres impressively accented Dayton\u2019s strong, refreshingly progressive 2010-11 theater season. I attended nearly 70 shows over the past 12 months, and unsurprisingly, the triumphs outweighed the troubled.<\/p>\n
Among the highlights: . . .the Human Race Theatre Company and Wright State University\u2019s dynamically dysfunctional\u00a0\u201cAugust: Osage County\u201d; and the Dayton Philharmonic and Wright State\u2019s stunning presentation of Leonard Bernstein\u2019s rarely attempted \u201cMASS.\u201d<\/p>\n
Based on the artistic strengths of the Human Race\/WSU and DPO\/WSU collaborations, I certainly hope the organizations consider joining forces to stage Stephen Sondheim\u2019s \u201cFollies\u201d in 2012-13.<\/p>\n
((In his list of the “season’s best,” critic Russell Florence, Jr. mentions Wright State shows more than 30 times.))<\/p>\n
DaytonMostMetro.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ((Excerpt)) Splendid collaborations, promising new works, compelling dramas and knockout regional and local premieres impressively accented Dayton\u2019s strong, refreshingly progressive 2010-11 theater season. I attended nearly 70 shows over the past 12 months, and unsurprisingly, the triumphs outweighed the troubled. … Continue reading