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Collected Stories
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SHOW INFORMATION

Average of 4.5 stars from 6 ratings.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 28, 2010
Closed Jun 13, 2010

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http://www.mtc-nyc.org

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Linda Lavin is nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress.

Tony Award winner Linda Lavin and Sarah Paulson star in MTC's The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies. 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 (Paulson). As their relationship evolves and the line between fact and fiction starts to blur, their fascinating story comes to an explosive conclusion.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
261 W 47th St
New York, NY 10036


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

There are two kinds of silence in theater: the silence that falls between two or more characters at a crucial dramatic moment and the utter silence that falls over an audience when someone on stage is revealing something so profoundly that all breathing in the auditorium seems to cease. Both types of silence occur during Lynne Meadows' glowing revival of Donald Margulies' Collected Stories, now being presented by Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.



In this intricately incised two-hander -- first presented Off-Broadway by MTC in 1997 -- acclaimed short story writer and graduate school professor Ruth Steiner (Linda Lavin) takes on sycophantic student Lisa Morrison [...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Apr 29, 2010

What are other members saying?

A FINE PLAY WITH SUPERB PERFORMACES
This is a fine play and in it Linda Lavin and Sarah Paulson are giving first rate performances. This play looks at the human condition with humor and insight. This play provides a fine theatre evening. Well worth seeing.

Reviewed by MRBDWAY on Wednesday, Jun 2nd, 2010

A FINE PLAY WITH SUPERB PERFORMANCES
This is a fine play which examins the human condition with humor and insight, and in it Linda Lavin and Sara Paulson are giving first rate performances. A truly worthwhile theatre evening, well worth seeing.

Reviewed by MRBDWAY on Wednesday, Jun 2nd, 2010


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