Minnesota's internationally-reknowned Guthrie Theater has entertained and dazzled audiences for nearly half a century, with leading artists from America and around the world. Here, for the first time, Guthrie veteran Peg Guilfoyle gives us an inside look at the theater's long and extraordinary run. She has assembled photos from every decade in the Guthrie's history, accompanied by inside stories and anecdotes from the actors, directors, stagehands and artists who work together to summon that elusive magic, night after night, through many seasons of laughter, music, and high drama. The rich heritage of America's great regional theater can be felt on every page of this colorful and affectionate retrospective, which comes as close as any book could to what one actor describes as "the incomparable communal experience of live performance." - Dust jacket.