CAROL BURNETT (1933 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Carol Burnett
Hollywood Arms |
| 1st Produced: | Cort Theatre, NY | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Comedy/Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | 1g | |||||
| Notes: | written by Carol Burnett and Carrie Hamilton; Based on a memoir by Carol Burnett; Incidental music by Robert Lindsey Nassif | |||||
| Synopsis: | Based on Carol Burnett's bestselling autobiography, One More Time, HOLLYWOOD ARMS is the story of Helen and her coming of age in a dilapidated hotel room beneath the shadow of the Hollywood sign. Helen is guided through this bitter-sweet journey by her wisecracking Christian Scientist grandmother, Nanny; her alcoholic and often absentee dreamer of a mother, Louise; and her recovering alcoholic father, Jody, who hopes to reestablish a relationship with her in the wake of his recovery. But it is Helen's romantic ambition that helps her escape her less than ideal life as she sings and dances on the roof of her rundown building, where she develops the talents that propel her to stardom. | |||||
