There's been a lot written about the way in which America's regional big boy theatres have spent the past few decades building up their physical plants and thus taking on the heavy burden of sizeable mortgages to cover the roof over their heads. Ben Pesner and Todd London's Outrageous Fortune probably does the best job of articulating and highlighting the various ramifications of this trend.
And still, in spite of all of that understanding of what it means for American Theatre that our theatres have become expansive and expensive pieces of real estate, on a recent visit to the Guthrie in Minneapolis, I have to admit I couldn't help being swept up in the beauty, grandeur and bravado of the place all over again. Here are 4 snapshots I took, in an efffor to capture what I felt.
Apologies to architect Jean Nouvel for the poor quality of these which were captured by my iPhone. Ah, the iPhone... don't get me started. :)
