The Front Page [Print This Page]
- Time: 2:00 p.m.
- Date: Thursday, Sept. 11
- Place: Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts (203 S. Ninth St.)
- Cost: Free with event registration
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The Front Page portrays the rough-and-tumble, ethically oblivious journalism that prompted Walter Williams to found a journalism school to promote professionalism. Playwrights Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur were reporters in the chaotic 1920s Chicago era their play portrays, where a convicted murderer escapes and hides from authorities right in the city hall pressroom. Modern journalists may recognize something of themselves in the scoop-chasing deadline habits of ace reporter Hildy Johnson, managing editor Walter Burns and their competitors - all while laughing out loud.
The performance is sponsored by the Maplewood Barn Community Theatre, Mid-Missouri's nonprofit outdoor theatre company founded in 1973. It will be directed by Professor Emeritus Byron Scott and produced by Professor Lee Wilkins.
Additional Performances
The Maplewood Barn Community Theatre is offering additional performances of The Front Page the evenings of Thursday, Sept. 11; Friday, Sept. 12; and Saturday, Sept. 13, all at the Missouri Theatre. Tickets for these additional shows are $10 each and may be purchased at the theatre the evening of the performance. For further information, please visit http://mbct.missouri.org/.
Note: Only the 2 p.m. Sept. 11 performance is free for event registrants. All other performances require ticket purchase.
News Release Available:
http://journalism.missouri.edu/news/2008/03-06-front-page.html
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