Armistead Maupin, Olympia Dukakis discuss 'Tales of the City'
With the work being adapted into a musical, the author and the actress who starred in the television adaptations revisit the work.
By Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times Theater Critic
May 2, 2010
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"Tales of the City" may have introduced author Armistead Maupin and Olympia Dukakis, the most memorable face from the three television miniseries adapted from the books. But American Conservatory Theater, the venerable resident theater on Geary Street led by artistic director Carey Perloff, is what keeps bringing them back together.
A few weeks ago, when Dukakis was performing in Morris Panych's play "Vigil" at A.C.T., where she serves on the board of trustees, the theater announced that a musical of Maupin's beloved chronicle would have its world premiere there at the end of next season.