THEATER

The Pearl Theater
George Bernard Shaw - Major Barbara

Shaw writes plays to make statements.  This was a "discussion play" with many long dialogues.  It lasted 2 1/2 hours and we were never bored.

"When the charming weapons-manufacturer Andrew Undershaft goes toe-to-toe with his passionate daughter Barbara, a Major in the Salvation Army, over his “ill-gotten” fortune, it leads to the wager of the century. She is determined to save his soul—he is determined to open her eyes to a wider world. Their confrontation will knock their entire family’s moral compass up, down, and sideways, never to be the same again.

One of Shaw’s most beloved plays, MAJOR BARBARA offers a complex, comic, and challenging look at wealth and poverty, war and peace, and a wickedly funny appraisal of what it truly means to be “moral” in our modern world."

The temperature is in the low 20s today and unless a taxi is used, there's a bit of a walk to get to The Pearl.  It's worth it, though.  We've really enjoyed small theater.