Location, location, location: Studio Arena Theatre puts Buffalo, N.Y., in the limelight.(Blueprints)
American Theatre, July, 2003 by De Santis, Solange
If you wanted to pick an American city to celebrate on stage, you might not, perhaps, think immediately of Buffalo, N.Y. Nicknamed "The Queen City," it was once one of the wealthiest communities in the United States--a center of industry, shipping and electrical generation. Now, its name mostly surfaces in news stories of economic setbacks and apocalyptic snowstorms.
"Living here, especially lately, is like looking at a chart with all arrows pointing down," wrote Buffalo News columnist Donn Esmonde at the beginning of the year. He cited the fact that the ...
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