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Ecclesiastes 1:2
Thursday-Saturday (Apr. 19-21), 7 p.m. at the McCoy Studio, MACC
April 19, 2007
[STAGE] A tragicomedy in two acts: "Meaningless, meaningless, everything is meaningless..." Waiting for Godot,
a controversial play by Samuel Becker, is coming to Maui. Becker wrote
the play in 1940 and published it in 1952. That's 12 years of
rejection, to all you budding playwrights out there. Neat facts about
this play: Steve Martin and Robin Williams have played the leading
roles in the past. Most people find this play baffling and consequently
"deep," and it was once banned because it used the word "erection." If
that hasn't convinced you to go see it, I don't know what will.
Basically, it's a story about two guys who are (drumroll, please)
"Waiting for Godot"—whoever Godot is. The base message seems to be
about the tedium and meaningless of human life. Sometimes I like to be
reminded about stuff like that, because it gives me the fuel I need to
procrastinate. Tickets: $25, $20. Call 242-7469 for info. [LILIANA
BEGLEY]