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SUMMARY:THEN AND NOW: A Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Urban renewal in the 1960s Pittsburgh of August Wilson’s
  Two Trains Running and in Philadelphia today.\n \nTwo Trains Running
  is a significant and provoking work. Join Arden Theatre Company and h
 ost Naomi Starobin from WHYY’s Keystone Crossroads as we talk about 
 the issues in Wilson’s master work and\nwhether things are better or
  worse today. How have things changed for poor communities of color? H
 ow have past urban renewal policies affected the present? Is eminent d
 omain different today than in the late 1960’s? Audience members are 
 encouraged to share their own thoughts and insights and will help stee
 r the course of this important conversation. This event is hosted in p
 artnership with WHYY’s Keystone Crossroads.\n \nA reception will fo
 llow the panel.\n \nMODERATOR: Naomi Starobin, Editor, WHYY’s Keyst
 one Crossroads.\n \nPANELISTS:\n \nBrian Abernathy: First Deputy Man
 aging Director, City of Philadelphia. Formerly Executive Director, Phi
 ladelphia Redevelopment Authority.\nJohnnie Hobbs, Jr.: actor, current
 ly playing Memphis in the Arden’s production of Wilson’s Two Train
 s Running.\nJimmie Moore: former municipal court judge and ward leader
 . Jimmy has lived on Montgomery Avenue in the Strawberry Mansion neigh
 borhood of Philadelphia for about 14 years.\nRasheedah Phillips: Manag
 ing Attorney of the Housing Unit at Legal Services.\nChristopher Rawso
 n: As Senior Theater Critic and theatre Editor (1983 to 2008) for Pitt
 sburgh Post-Gazette, Rawson chronicled Wilson’s career in detail, st
 arting with his Broadway debut in 1984, and compiled a comprehensive r
 ecord of reviews, interviews, and news stories. A member of the Univer
 sity of Pittsburgh English Department since 1968, he has a PhD in Engl
 ish Literature and teaches satire, criticism, August Wilson, and Shake
 speare.\n\nFor more information visit http://phillytodo.com/events/the
 n-and-now-a-conversation
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CATEGORIES:panel, discussion
LOCATION:Arden Theatre Company
WEBSITE:http://thenandnow.ticketleap.com/then-and-now-whats-better-wha
 ts-worse/
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 orse/
CONTACT:215-922-1122
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 enTheatreCompany
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