It's definitely not Whoriskey's fault. I can't imagine what sweet-talking Bart Sher must have done to get his protegee to take over such a debt-ridden theatre.
I think the Intiman has been high on a bit of hubris ever since PIAZZA hit, the Tony win, and Bart's increasing reputation as an A-list director in New York. Ultimately and obviously, the overall fault of the failure of the theatre lies with the people handling the financials...which doesn't necessarily mean Sher. Rumor has it that one of that team had a full-on nervous breakdown when the sh*t engulfed the fan last year.
It's all very sad, but also very familliar...A Contemporary Theatre almost shut its doors eight years ago when Gordon Edelstein (Now head honcho at Long Wharf) got starry-eyed, ran up a beast of a debt and then split for a better job. ACT is going strong today by getting back to basics: Namely being an outlet for local talent and not trying to be a national, star-f**king, household-name regional theatre.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Updated On: 4/17/11 at 11:45 AM
