Christopher Durang
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I found that Sigourney in my early stuff tended to be very simple with it ... Sometimes it would be very funny because she would say something very sincerely as if it was the most normal thing in the world, but the line would be shocking.
I've been saying that I take Chekhov scenes and characters and put them into a blender. It's my hope you don't have to know Chekhov super-well to enjoy it ... The play, I do want to say, is a comedy — in an American way. Some of it ends up a little better than you might think for Chekhov. Now that I'm older, I don't like sending people home feeling too despairing, so, maybe for my own sake, I like to cheer things up a bit.More quotes »
Around the web
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MAC to showcase Durang's comic genius
Hallahan, and Joan Prescott, each taking on multiple roles. The following description is from the playwright's website: "Christopher Durang is a playwright whose plays have been produced on and off-Broadway, around the country and abroad. Keywords: satire, from SouthCoastToday.com Read more »
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Christopher Durang Plays
adroit New York Times review that provides an insightful overview of the many Chekhov connections. What's your favorite play by Christopher Durang? I love Beyond Therapy, not just because it's funny but also because the leading role was originated by the incredible from About.com: Plays / Drama Read more »
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Kristine Nielsen Delights in Durang
first collaboration between Kristine Nielsen and Christopher Durang failed, dismally. In 1989 they appeared together in a famously reviled production of Alfred Jarry’s “Ubu Roi,” which the critic Mel Gussow described as “almost relentlessly unfunny ” in The from The New York Times Read more »
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Great Barrington: One-act plays to be performed this weekend
theater company based in Copake, N.Y., will present a pair of one-act plays by Tony and Obie Award-winning playwright Christopher Durang from May 10 to 12 at Berkshire South Regional Community Center. "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It For You" and "The Actor’s from Berkshire Eagle Online Read more »
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New York City: The Last Five Years, Here Lies Love Are Off-Broadway Alliance Award Nominees
Off-Broadway" awards are to be presented for sustained achievement in the world of Off-Broadway. 2013 recipients include Christopher Durang, A.R. Gurney, Kristine Nielsen, Daryl Roth, Sigourney Weaver, and the long-running show Stomp. Winners are to be announced from TheaterMania.com Read more »
