And Slowly Beauty

12/01/11 • 43 min

Imagine: you are Mr. Mann, and you’ve just won two tickets to Chekhov’s comedy, The Three Sisters. You’ve barely heard of Chekhov, but you go anyway (alone, because no one else in the family is interested). Unexpectedly the experience begins to alter your life, and slowly beauty ... Can beauty actually reveal a new way to see the world?

This play opens a window to the answer.

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