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Performing Arts: Theatre Gore Vidal's Weekend

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Gore Vidal's cutting political satire Weekend was written (and is set) during the fraught 1968 presidential campaign. Weekend follows a Republican senator as he prepares for a presidential bid, only to find that his carefully poll-tested plans fall apart with the return of his wayward son, who brings a shocking announcement. Vidal's depictions of politics and family life may be deeply cynical, fraught with opportunism, self-righteousness, and prejudice, but the play is laugh-out-loud funny at times, and carried by brisk, witty dialogue as the characters angle for the upper hand.

– Karsten Lund

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Wednesday performances only take place on Sep 24 and Oct 1 and 8.

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