American Buffalo recently opened at the Dramaworks theatre in West Palm Beach, Florida. The show opened to approving and captivated audiences on Friday night and will play through April fourth. The play was written by David Mamet who is well known for his edgy and succinct dialogue as well as for creating major suspense in unexpected moments. Many of the guests in the West Palm Beach hotels can find information on this play and other entertainment and cultural attractions at the front desk. Attending the theatre or other live performance while visiting a city is frequently considered to be the best way of exploring the community and local culture. Dramaworks is a great example of this in West Palm Beach.
Mamet was recognized by Frank Rich, of the New York Times, as having written one of the best plays of the last decade when American Buffalo first opened in 1975. The play was originally produced as the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and later moved to New York in 1977 where it was staged on the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Robert Duvall, John Savage and Kenneth Miller appeared in the original Broadway production. Al Pacino later starred in an Off-Broadway revival at Circle in the Square.
Dramaworks is one of West Palm Beach’s top theatre companies. It is a professional, non-for profit company and attracts some of the regions top performers, as well as many guest artists from outside of Florida. It continues to stage hard hitting productions and is not afraid to present sometimes controversial themes. Producing provocative productions is part of their mission and their vision contains ambitions to change the quality of one’s life and outward perspectives through the transformative power of the theatre. This is something they continually strive for anew with each of their productions. They look for plays that will impact the audiences on an individual basis and while this is ongoing in their productions their seasons are also diverse.
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