Few, if any, films have so searchingly examined the process of creating a theater classic from scratch.

The staging of modest but professional productions of theater classics is supposed to be the forte of the Chelsea-based repertory company.

New Britain Craig Hart, bass; arias and musical theater classics.

Several of his plays have proven to be Marathi theater classics.

With Jerry Bock, his partner for 13 years in writing musical theater classics including "Fiddler," "Fiorello!"

Let's face it: if the white characters in "Annie Get Your Gun" were as cheaply and badly drawn as the Indians, the revival of this American theater classic would have closed.

Pittsburgh CLO stages productions of musical theater classics, drawing more than 200,000 patrons each year; its annual budget is nearly $10 million.

At the Teatro Lope de Vega, the focus will be on theater classics, works by Ibsen, Calderon de la Barca, Beaumarchais and the like.

The training covered everything from movement to singing in tune to theater classics.

A theater classic as well, the play will be performed at 7 P.M. at Staller Center's Mainstage on the State University campus (632-7230).