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Don't be afraid of 'Virginia Woolf'

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From: Oakland Tribune
Date: 20031014
Author:Alexandra DeFelice, STAFF WRITER

RELATIONSHIPS all have their ups and downs. But when you're married to the boss's daughter, who just happens to be a raging alcoholic, arguments take on deeper meaning.

Such is the case in Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" The drama brings Broadway West Theatre Company's 2003 season to a sensational finish. Four of the theater's most talented performers, including co-owner Mary Galde, amaze the audience in this social commentary on the American Dream and the levels to which members of society will stoop in order to achieve it.

Galde plays Martha (the

Elizabeth Taylor part in ...

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