"What the Public Wants" Lacks Mass Appeal
The first thing I do when I go to see a play at the Mint Theater Company is check out the bookshelf in its lobby. The Mint specializes in works by playwrights who have been forgotten and those of well-known writers that have been overlooked. The bookshelf is usually well stocked with relevant readings"histories, biographies, novels about the period"that put that evening's play in perspective. But there…