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Synopsis: Gretchen, nagged by her mother about her empty love life, calls a romance talk line and finds only other women and one young man named Scuzzy. When a five-year-old child dials by mistake, Gretchen finds his innocent babbling preferable to all the adults. In volume entitled NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS

Playwrights Horizons, NYC

1981

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Dramatists Play Service, NY

1982

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comedy

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Notes: double bill with Sister Mary Ignatius

Synopsis: Having casually wandered onstage, George is informed that one of the actors, Eddie, has been in an auto accident and he must replace him immediately. Apparently no one is sure of what play is being performed but George (costumed as Hamlet) seems to find himself in the middle of a scene from Private Lives, surrounded by such luminaries as Sarah Siddons, Dame Ellen Terry and Henry Irving. As he fumbles through one missed cue after another the other actors shift to HAMLET, then a play by Samuel Beckett, and then a climactic scene from what might well be A Man for All Seasons-by which time the disconcerted George has lost all sense of contact with his fellow performers. Yet, in the closing moments of the play, he rises to the occasion and finally says the right lines, whereupon make-believe suddenly gives way to reality as the executioner's axe (meant for Sir Thomas Moore) instead sends poor George to oblivion-denying him a well-earned curtain call

59E59 Theaters, NY, USA >>>

2007

Primary Stages

Samuel French Inc, New York

2007

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Synopsis: Adrift in Macao is a madcap musical parody of glamorous films noirs, in which the leading lady can always get a job singing in nightclubs no matter how she sings, and the leading man is always mysterious and can't go home for murky reasons he won't explain. From the opium dens of China to the lowlife bars of New York, Durang and composer Melnick take us on a hilarious tour through the post-WWII years complete with intrigue, silliness, and a playfully melodic score.
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Synopsis: Robert, a young man, talks in a friendly way about his days as an altar boy. He then recalls when his nephew got AIDS early in the epidemic, and how fundamentalists claimed it was God's punishment. Robert decides to go to heaven and ask God about this. Once there, God seems mean and ornery indeed, and professes to give AIDS to homosexuals, hemophiliacs and Haitians in a bizarrely unfocused rage. Leaving heaven, Robert feels that whom he met wasn't God, but an imposter. Adapted from the "AIDS Speech" in LAUGHING WILD, and re-written to be performed by 2 actors, out of context of that play. In volume entitled NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS.

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One Act

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Synopsis: Aunt Dan, the title character of Wallace Shawn's AUNT DAN AND LEMON, has a discussion with Giradoux' Madwoman of Chaillot. They discuss it all.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

1983

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Dramatists Play Service, NY

1984

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Synopsis: As the play begins Helen and John gaze proudly at their new offspring, a bit disappointed that it doesn't speak English and too polite to check its sex. So they decide that the child is a girl and name it Daisy - which leads to all manner of future emotional and personality problems when it turns out that Daisy is actually a boy. Thereafter, in a series of brilliantly theatrical and wildly hilarious scenes, the saga of Daisy's struggle to establish his identity continues, despite his parents' growing obliviousness. At the outset there is a zany nanny who gives him a lethal toy to play with; then the small problem of Daisy's penchant, as a toddler, for throwing himself in front of buses; then his bizarre problems in school; and, finally, the sessions with his analyst which enable him, at last, to accept his maleness and stop wearing dresses. In the end the play comes full circles as the former Daisy and his young bride fondly regard their own baby - forgiving of the past but determined not to repeat its calami

New Haven, Connecticut

1972

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1999

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Comedy

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Synopsis: Betty is looking forward to her summer share at the ocean. But Trudy, whom she knows only slightly, chatters incessantly; and then there are the other housemates-sexy lout Buck, who's pathologically on the make with women all the time, and sweet, withdrawn Keith who carries a shovel and a mysterious hatbox and just may be a serial killer. Then the emotionally anarchic landlady, Mrs. Siezmagraff, moves in too; and she invites a crazy derelict to dinner, and, well, the vacation becomes more and more of a strain for poor Betty. Not to mention there seems to be a laugh track coming from the ceiling that no one seems able to shut up. Death, destruction, mayhem-Betty finds it all in her seaside retreat.

Phoenix Theatre, NYC

1981

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Samuel French, NY

1983

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Comedy

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Synopsis: Prudence's therapist is urging her to be more assertive; while Bruce's therapist urges him to meet someone of the opposite sex by placing a personal ad, not realising that Bruce has a male lover named Bob. Having met each other Bruce doesn't know how to handle nervous Prudence; and Prudence doesn't know what to make of decidedly unpredictable Bruce. How they sort it all out is the story of this delightful comedy. 'Beyond Therapy offers the best therapy of all: guaranteed laughter.' Time

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Comedy

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Synopsis: Lettie Lu is broadcasting her own public TV access show from a local motel. Based on Lettie Lu's belief in the Book of Leviticus, the show's interpretation of the story leads Lettie Lu to today's segment's activities of capturing and putting to death a homosexual and an adulteress. All in a day's devotion to God.

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Comedy

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Synopsis: Chris, a writer, has a business meeting at the Russian Tea Room with a new Hollywood hotshot, Melissa. At the Tea Room, Melissa pitches insane ideas to Chris who can't wait to just leave this meeting. Once home, he tries so hard to write up the idea of a priest and a rabbi who fall in love (and other complications), that they appear to him to help him through.

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Synopsis: A man and a woman, previously married, try to reconcile over dinner, but a canker sore and a talkative waitress ruin everything

New York

1988

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Synopsis: CARDINAL O'CONNOR comes to explain briefly why birth control is always always always wrong.

New York

1990

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Cabaret

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Chelsea Theater Center, NYC

1976

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Yale School of Drama, New Haven, Connecticut

1975

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Dramatists Play Service, NY

1979

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Synopsis: The scene is a decaying mansion occupied by a family beset by all manner of problems: conceit, hatred, selfishness, incest and cruelty-all dealt with in an ironic, highly theatrical manner which offers rare acting opportunities for the performers involved. Throughout, and despite the horrors encountered, all exude a kind of bland innocence which, oddly enough, seems to excuse their otherwise inexcusable behavior-and underscores the biting irony of what takes place.

Yale Rep Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut

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Comedy

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Synopsis: Recovering from a nervous breakdown, Jane is nursed and nagged by her relentlessly cheerful mother, and confused by her oversexed brother-who keeps changing into her father, her grandfather and her mother's French lover. Eventually all (including Jane's psychiatrist, who undergoes a sex change operation and swaps places with his wife) change characters again and become Jane herself-leaving her with no identity at all and pointing up the near impossibility of self-identification in our uncertain times.

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Synopsis: Another Tennessee Williams parody, from the author of FOR WHOM THE SOUTHERN BELLE TOLLS. Blanche DuBois, her nerves shot, is stuck in a house with a slobby Stanley Kowalski, who keeps yelling "Stella!." Stella left for a lemon Coke 6 years ago and never returned. Blanche tries to seduce a young census taker, but is interrupted by Big Daddy and Maggie from CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. A "tart" from ICEMAN COMETH shows up as well, irritating Blanche by saying "pipe dream" instead of "illusion." Stella comes back briefly, but departs again, leaving Blanche and Stanley stuck together for eternity. In volume entitled NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS.

The Payan Theatre, NY

2006

TimeSpace Theatre Company

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Synopsis: A man goes to a woman clerk at the Division of Motor Vehicles and tries to get his license renewed with infuriating results

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Synopsis: A raucous Woman Singer, dressed in sequins and boa, keeps bursting into noisy song in a doctor's office. Mr. Wilson is there to see the doctor about an allergy, but the doctor and his nurse insist he has a venereal disease and call up everyone he knows. A public service announcement. In volume entitled NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS

45th Street Theatre, NY

2008

Michael Chekhov Theatre Company

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Synopsis: a program of one-acts that features several plays aimed at the "theater crowd", including send-ups of works by Tennessee Williams and Sam Shepard.
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Synopsis: An extremely conservative father runs a rigid household: the Pledge of Allegiance each morning, his wife does "woman's thing," his daughter get points for being glad a classmate died of a botched abortion and his son gets in trouble calling sports teams by words with double meanings (instead of Team A and B). They are all happy living in America

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Synopsis: In this parody of THE GLASS MENAGERIE, the fading Southern belle, Amanda, tries to prepare her hyper-sensitive, hypochondriacal son, Lawrence, for "the feminine caller." Terrified of people, Lawrence plays with his collection of glass cocktail stirrers. Ginny, the feminine caller, is hard of hearing and overbearingly friendly. Brother Tom wants to go the movies, where he keeps meeting sailors who need to be put up in his room. Amanda tries to face everything with "charm and vivacity," but sometimes she just wants to hit somebody

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Synopsis: A widow is accosted at her husband's funeral by a very inappropriate guest. In volume entitled NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS

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Synopsis: An overly macho gym teacher addresses a cooed class of seventh graders, saying inappropriate things and eventually forcing the unlucky class to play a game of "bombardment" (hitting members of the other team with volley balls), but this time played with bowling balls. In volume entitled NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS

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Synopsis: Frank and Joe Hardy change sweaters a lot and look cute. They start an investigation only to find themselves tied up wearing only their boxer shorts. And that Nurse ain't no lady.

Hartford Stage Co, Connecticut

1976

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Samuel French, NY

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Zany Comedy

Musical

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Synopsis: A comedy with music, chronicles the changes in America and American movies as it follows five archetypal characters. Loretta, the innocent heroine, Is born in a silent D.W. Griffith film, falls in love with tough guy Jimmy in a 30's gangster movie, wanders in-to a screwball comedy, goes on for the ailing star in a Busby Berkeley musical, faces World War II, loses Jimmy in Casablanca, becomes an alcoholic, wins an Oscar for overcoming polio, finds 50's alienation in Hoboken, fails apart in the 60's and 70's (racism, exorcisms, earthquakes). The play ends with Jimmy and Loretta crawling out of the disaster movie rubble, planning the future

New Haven, Connecticut

1972

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Yale Rep Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut

1974

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in "Yale/Theatre", New Haven, Connecticut

1974