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Sep 12, 2008
The Road To Mecca Paved With Great Performances
Studio Theatre’s The Road To Mecca can be a tense, devastating play, but it comes most alive when its characters are laughing. The playful, joyous friendship between an older artist and a young teacher in South Africa is the heart of Athol Fugard’s play (also a film starring Kathy Bates). Their bond is one to envy, one where the two women challenge each other, inspire each other and make each other feel like children again…