Collected Stories
2 hours, with one intermission
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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'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.
A Literary Life Can Turn Lonely When the Cheering Stops
8 / 10
As good actors age — perhaps a more felicitous word would be mature — they learn how to do more with less. Consider the left eyebrow of Linda Lavin, the veteran star of the new revival of Donald Margulies’s “Collected Stories.” At one point in this durable drama about the manners and morals of writers, Ms. Lavin raises said eyebrow by perhaps half an inch. She says nary a word, and doesn’t move any other muscle, but still communicates with this minimal gesture more than a lesser actor might squeeze from a long monologue. She gets a solid laugh too.
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Collected Stories History
Other Productions of Collected Stories
| 1997 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 1998 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2010 | Broadway |
Manhattan Theatre Club Production Broadway |
Collected Stories - 2010 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Linda Lavin |
| 1997 | The Pulitzer Prize | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Donald Margulies |
| 1997 | The Pulitzer Prize | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Donald Margulies |
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