Comedy writer putting on play in Buffalo about first woman to go over Falls in barrel
Emmy-nominated writer Rich Talarico is staging a two-act play about Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. The production debuts Saturday at the Buffalo Comedy Collective.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, Annie Edson Taylor, is now the subject of a stage play, showing Saturday at 9 p.m. at the Buffalo Comedy Collective at 155 Chandler St. Written and directed by Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning Rich Talarico, the two-act play, titled "The [...]
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