Shannon Cochran, Jeff Still and Estelle Parsons. Photo by Robert J. Saferstein.
Want to win tickets to Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer prize-winning excavation of familial misery in the back country of Oklahoma, August: Osage County (which hits The Paramount for a highly anticipated one-week run starting October 27)?
Well, STG Presents is giving you the chance every week through the end of the month. Starting today, each Tuesday at 2 p.m. a “Twitter Trailer” of a scene from the play will be tweeted live to followers of @BroadwaySeattle. Afterward, you’ll be asked to retweet a phrase from the scene to be entered for the chance to win a pair of tickets. Winners are announced by 3 p.m.
Couldn’t be simpler, but if you’d like to buy a pair of tickets, they’re $23.50 to $63.50, and will no doubt go fast. Hey, the play’s starring Estelle Parsons, who people of a certain age recall fondly as Roseanne’s insufferable mom on Roseanne. How’s that for a ringing endorsement?
Sadly, I’ll be out of town for the entire run, but this is a great evening’s entertainment.
I saw it on Broadway last year, with Estelle Parsons, and it was one of my most enjoyable theater nights in a long time. Up there with Angels in America. Please, please go see this – you won’t be disappointed.