Willy Russell's venerable intellectual comedy "Educating Rita," featuring an alcoholic poet manque and a sassy hairdresser hungry for learning, ought to be a duet for cello and flute. The Colony ...

Tired of living a life without meaning, 26-year-old Rita enrolls in an Open University literature course to try to better herself. Her tutor, Frank, is a failed writer and drunk who admits he’s only ...

Peter’s Alley opens its 4th Season with Willy Russell’s Educating Rita. This “two-hander” centers on Rita, a bright Liverpool hairdresser with a thirst for knowledge and her reluctant tutor, Frank, ...