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THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 1 - MAY 7
It would be easy to focus on the tragedy that was part of Waitress's origins—but that wouldn't be doing the story justice.
Waitress Madame Butterfly Pixar Putt @ Mountain View Village stilestyle Pioneer Theatre Company: Waitress It would be easy to focus on the tragedy that was part of Waitress 's origins—but that wouldn't be doing the story justice. Writer/director Adrienne Shelly was murdered before the film's premiere in 2007, and never got a chance to see it become a beloved indie-film hit, or see it become the source for a Broadway musical in 2016.
Yet it stands on its own as a delightful tale of a woman discovering that she has the ability to escape the life to which she seems destined and create her own…
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