Feeling the pain of 'Good People'
9 / 10
David Lindsay-Abaire calls his new play, simply, 'Good People.' Like everything in this deceptively amiable, stealthily gripping tragicomedy, however, the words are less plain than they first let on.
Good People
Closing: May 29, 2011Good People - 2011 Broadway History , Info & More
Together, playwright David Lindsay-Abaire and MTC have brought four outstanding new plays to the New York stage. Their most recent collaboration, RABBIT HOLE, earned Lindsay-Abaire the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Now, he returns to MTC, along with RABBIT HOLE director and Tony Award® winner Daniel Sullivan, to premiere his newest work, the timely and powerful GOOD PEOPLE.
Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo… where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills… and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old fling who has made it out of Southie might be her ticket to a fresh new start. But is this apparently self-made man secure enough to face his humble beginnings? Margie is about to risk what little she has left to find out.
With his signature humorous glow, Lindsay-Abaire explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America.
Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo… where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills… and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old fling who has made it out of Southie might be her ticket to a fresh new start. But is this apparently self-made man secure enough to face his humble beginnings? Margie is about to risk what little she has left to find out.
With his signature humorous glow, Lindsay-Abaire explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America.
Good People - 2011 - Broadway Cast
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Lindsay-Abaire's Southie Class Portrait
2 / 10
Herein lies part of the phoniness of 'Good People.' Of course people like Margie and Mikey exist, but I doubt it's a coincidence that they are exactly the kinds of people who fit into the familiar sociological narrative that permeates every page of this play. In Mr. Lindsay-Abaire's America, success is purely a matter of luck, and virtue inheres solely in those who are luckless. So what if Mikey worked hard? Why should anybody deserve any credit for working hard? Hence the crude deck-stacking built into the script of 'Good People,' in which Mikey is the callous villain who forgot where he came from and Margie the plucky Southie gal who may be the least little bit racist (though she never says anything nasty to Mikey's wife—that would be going too far!) but is otherwise a perfect heroine-victim.
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Good People - 2011 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners are highlighted with a background.
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Frances McDormand |
| 2011 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | David Lindsay-Abaire |
| 2011 | New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | 0 |
| 2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Frances McDormand |
| 2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Daniel Sullivan |
| 2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Estelle Parsons |
| 2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Renee Elise |
| 2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | 0 |
| 2011 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Frances McDormand |
| 2011 | Tony Awards | Best Play | David Lindsay-Abaire |
| 2011 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Manhattan Theatre Club |
| 2011 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Lynne Meadow |
| 2011 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Barry Grove |
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