Collected Stories 2010
Run Time:
2 hours, with one intermission
Opened: April 28, 20102 hours, with one intermission
Closing: June 13, 2010
Collected Stories - 2010 - Broadway History , Info & More
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Broadway)
261 W. 47th St. New York, NY 10036
Tony Award winner Linda Lavin and director Lynne Meadow, who collaborated on MTC’s The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, reunite for a new production of Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies' celebrated drama. Collected Stories chronicles the relationship between two female writers: Ruth Steiner (Lavin), a celebrated New York author with a dry wit and a distinguished career; and her bright-eyed young protégé, Lisa Morrison. As their relationship evolves and the line between fact and fiction starts to blur, their fascinating story comes to an explosive conclusion.
Collected Stories - 2010 - Broadway Cast
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The Devil’s Disciple
8 / 10
But the real value of Collected Stories lies in the challenge it presents its two terrific actors, who spend the play parrying and sparring and cuffing each other, first with mother-and-cub affection and later with venomous resentment. Both Lavin and Paulson—under the direction of Lynne Meadow—give their all to the contest, and by the play's end, you can see what it costs them. Lavin plays this grand-dame writer as a down-to-earth diva. She may be sharply critical of her young disciple, but she's not inhumane. And in a confessional and vulnerable moment, when she shares the details of a youthful affair, her demeanor suddenly turns charmingly, disarmingly girlish.
'Everyday' joys: Wit, wonder and cheek on Broadway, plus some provocative 'Stories'
8 / 10
The actresses and director Lynne Meadow ensure that debate is absorbing. Lavin's alternately funny and wrenching performance lets us see Ruth's repressed longings and regrets, while Paulson convincingly charts Lisa's evolution from self-conscious ingénue to self-possessed upstart.
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