<p>Greanias, the grandson of Greek immigrants on both sides of his family, moved to Houston from Illinois at age 18 to attend Rice University. He has lived here ever since.</p>
<p>In his freshman year he wrote Hello, Hamlet, a musical spoof of Shakespeare's masterpiece that has been produced many times at Rice and once at Main Street Theater. Another play he wrote, Wilson, received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and was produced at the Alley Theatre in 1974.</p>
<p>[METRO</a> - George Greanias](<a href=“http://www.ridemetro.org/News/Greanias.aspx]METRO”>http://www.ridemetro.org/News/Greanias.aspx)</p>
<p>So – he was a Wiessman, whose first play, “Hello, Hamlet,” eventually became a Rice tradition. He gave up the theater for a Harvard law degree…</p>
<p>[Upcoming</a> Hello Hamlet! continues Rice tradition | The Rice Thresher](<a href=“http://the.ricethresher.org/ae/2008/01/11/hello_hamlet_anniversary]Upcoming”>http://the.ricethresher.org/ae/2008/01/11/hello_hamlet_anniversary)</p>
<p>And this very same playwright is not at the helm of Metro …</p>
<p>I meant to write now at the helm – he certainly IS at the helm.
When is it too late to start taking typing lessons?</p>
<p>he was the city Comptroller a while ago too.</p>