What should attendees expect to experience at the Boston Theatre Marathon?
Strautmann: Well, there are always those brave few who try to see all 10 hours. And we don’t recommend this, because you can’t keep your seat if you get up to run to the restroom or get a drink. So we expect a lot of people to come in for three or four hours, then go and enjoy the neighborhood — we’re in a beautiful part of the South End — and then come back in for another couple of hours, off and on all day long. Our passes allow them to come and go all day as they please. People study their programs when they come in, pick what they’re going to see, and then plan accordingly. You’re going to see five shows an hour, for 10 hours — from comedies to dramas. We even have an opera this year, based on the myth of Hero and Lyander. There are a couple of shows that deal very directly with the war in Iraq, but there’s also a show about the Tooth Fairy. It’s a wide range of experiences What are some of the challenges of producing the marathon? The first challenge is the judging process. We mad
