Mountain Play served up a production of Hello, Dolly! in 2022. [Ed Smith Photography]
that provided jobs in public works and the arts for millions of unemployed Americans. A component of WPA, the Civilian Conservation Corps, was commissioned to build
Knight’s amphitheater. The mountain resounded with the sound of cranes, hoist and other heavy equipment lifting gigantic boulders into place. In 1940, the stunning 3,750-seat amphitheater was completed, its symmetry of rock providing a timeless beauty to the site and a better experience for theatergoers. Elisabeth Ptak, in her book Marin’s Mountain Play, One Hundred Years of Theatre on Mount Tamalpais , quotes Al Pinther, an early association president, in an interview with the Oakland Tribune describing the new amphitheater as “a conspicuous improvement since the days of maintaining one’s place on the naked hillside was that of bracing one’s heels on the back of the fellow sitting in the row ahead.” …boots made for walking, and so much more This year’s production, Kinky Boot s, first opened on Broadway in 2013. The show garnered 13 Tony Award nominations and six wins, including best musical. In her debut as a Broadway songwriter, Cyndi Lauper won a Tony for best score. The largely true story first came to the public’s attention in a 1999 BBC2 documentary series Trouble at the Top . That followed with the 2005 British film, Kinky Boots , starring Joel Edgerton and Chiwetel Ejiofor. A shoe factory in a small town in the UK is the setting. The business has been owned by four generations of the Price family. Charlie Price inherits the factory when his father unexpectedly passes away. He discovers that the enterprise, passed over by new styles and cheaper prices, verges on bankruptcy. Determined to save the business and factory jobs, Charlie seeks a new market. He forms an unlikely alliance with drag queen and cabaret performer Lola to make flashy high- heeled boots.
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