Summary
After spending some time exploring the grand manner of the great Katharine Cornell ("The Grand Manner") and reimagining Buffalo as Casablanca ("Screen Play"), Buffalo-born playwright A.R. Gurney is back to his old tricks.
With his latest play, "Black Tie," opening tonight in the Kavinoky Theatre (320 Porter Ave.), Gurney returns to a form he has rarely left, namely the cozy world of Buffalo's erstwhile aristocracy. This time, the story hinges on the upcoming wedding of a well-intentioned young WASP (Patrick Moltane), whose father (Peter Palmisano) is continually pestered by the persnickety ghost of his deceased grandfather (Saul Elkin).See the full content of this document
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Buffalo Ties
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