'Adding Machine' only subtracts.(Arts and Lifestyle)

From: The Boston Herald | Date: February 18, 2001| Author: Nesti, Robert | Copyright information

"The Adding Machine," presented by the Theatre Cooperative at the Performance Space, Somerville, through Feb. 24.

There are striking contemporary themes in "The Adding Machine," Elmer Rice's 1923 Expressionistic drama that is being given a rare production by the Theatrical Cooperative in Somerville.

Corporate downsizing due to automation, violence in the workplace, sensationalism and celebrity, sexism, racism, even a world run by computers are topics touched ...

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'Adding Machine' only subtracts.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald ; The Adding Machine, presented by the Theatre Cooperative at the Performance Space, Somerville, through Feb. 24. There are striking contemporary themes in The Adding Machine, Elmer Rice's 1923 Expressionistic drama that is being given a rare production by the Theatrical Cooperative in Somerville.
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