GLENGARRY GLENROSS: A-lways B-e C-oming?

Put that coffee down! We’re adding a little something to this month’s sales contest.  As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anybody wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Oh, have I got your attention now?

Well, chances are, even if you pay close attention you won’t hear Alec Baldwin’s speech tomorrow night at Seattle Repertory Theater’s re-staging of GLENGARRY GLENROSS. (Baldwin’s profanity-laced tirade wasn’t in the original Broadway play, it was added for the movie.) However, you will hear me talk about David Mamet‘s sardonic spin on Arthur Miller and its polished film adaptation during an exclusive, post-show discussion on Thursday, February 25th, 2010.

Seattle Rep’s production features some of Seattle’s finest actors — John Aylward, R. Hamilton Wright, Charles Leggett and Ian Bell — recreating roles assayed, respectively, by Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Alan Arkin and Jonathan Pryce in James Foley‘s big-screen version. Come join me afterwards to evaluate their efforts and the enduring value of Mamet’s workplace wind-down.

For a cheerier spin on Baldwin’s monologue, watch his elfin’ spoof from Saturday Night Live.