Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bits cut out," which explains his penchant for casting crust-less sandwiches in every leading role. Chew on exciting art with today's GrouponLive deal for two tickets to see Driving Miss Daisy, presented by the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre in the Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center. The play runs from Thursday, October 13 to Sunday, October 30, with matinee, evening, and afternoon performances spread across 16 showtimes. Choose between the following options:
- For $25, you get two tickets for seating in section B (up to a $50 value depending on the show date).
- For $40, you get two tickets for seating in section A (up to an $80 value depending on the show date).
The much-lauded Driving Miss Daisy, which garnered a Pulitzer Prize as a play and four Academy Awards as a film, follows the unlikely friendship between a stubborn elderly Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur. Set in Atlanta from 1948 to 1973, the play elbows into sensitive, urgent issues, from racism to religious prejudice to backseat driving. Ruth Schudson plays the title character with garrulous, willful zest in her 65th production with the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, excavating Miss Daisy's complex growth as she ages from her sixties to her nineties. As the sixth production in Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's Pulitzer Prize series, Driving Miss Daisy rides the energy of past award-winning scripts such as Rabbit Hole, Picnic, and Curious George Learns the Alphabet. Audiences can arrive early to enjoy the grand design of the European-styled Cabot Theatre, where a shimmering chandelier illuminates arched, gilded balconies and 360 cushy sapphire seats.
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The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Every March, people who own at least a dozen dogs are invited to Alaska, where they'll compete against other dog owners in a 26.2-mile dogsled race. If your grade school didn't force you to learn about the Iditarod, here's what happens at various mile markers:
Mile 0: The Iditarod begins with a shot fired from a starter pistol, which temporarily deafens the drivers so they don't have to listen to their dogs barking for the next 26 miles.
Mile 3: This rest station is stocked with electric razors, providing drivers with their final opportunity to shave the dogs that contracted canine lice during the prerace ice-cream social.
Mile 5: Many competitors choose to abandon the competition at mile marker five, which begins a treacherous stretch marked by a bunch of old men dressed like babies crawling around.
Mile 9: The unofficial halfway point.
Mile 17: Drivers must swap places with their dogs. This keeps the dogs fresh for the final stretch and reminds the drivers that pulling a sled packed with a dozen dogs is not as easy it sounds.
Mile 26.2: The race is over. The fastest driver gets his or her name carved into a nearby tree.
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