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Tony Kushner's The Illusion to be performed at the Boston Center for the Arts

BOSTON: Company One announced today that it will produce Tony Kushner's free adaptation of Pierre Corneille's The Illusion, at the Boston Center for the Arts' Black Box Theater, 539 Tremont St., Boston. Performances will run Thursday through Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets cost $18 and $15 for students and seniors, and may be purchased in advance by calling the BCA box office at 617-426-2787 (617-426-ARTS).

Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning author of Angels in America, triumphs with this free adaptation of this 17th century fairytale-fable which was first spun by classical dramatist Pierre Corneille under the title L'illusion Comique. An enchanting argument for the power of theatrical imagination over reality, The Illusion weaves obsession, caprice, romance, and murder, fact and fiction, into an enticing exploration of the greatest illusion of all - love.

"Kushner has a gift for weaving philosophy and witty storytelling together, for making ideas breath," proclaims Dan Hulbert of the Atlanta Constitution. D.J.R. Bruckner of The New York Times calls Kushner's adaptation, "a wise and merry piece of magic that captures the soul of Corneille's play and the imaginations of its audiences." Hap Erstein of The Washington Times calls The Illusion a "touching celebration of theater," and Jeremy Gerard of the Daily Variety declares "[The Illusion] is exactly the kind of reinvention that keeps classic theater alive."

Company One's The Illusion promises to be as hilarious and engaging as their wildly successful Summer 1999 production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile.