The American Plan
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 22, 2009
Closed Mar 22, 2009
Opened Jan 22, 2009
Closed Mar 22, 2009
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Running Time:
2hr. 5min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 5min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
This is an exciting new look at an early, acclaimed play by the Tony Award-winning author of Take Me Out. It is the Catskill Mountains in the early 1960s, and Lily Adler and her mother Eva are spending the summer across the lake from a bustling hotel where comics entertain and buffets overflow. When a handsome young stranger enters their world, the emotionally fragile Lily finds herself falling in love. But once her imperious mother learns of their relationship, lies are exposed, alliances are forged and Lily's one chance to escape her mother's control may be lost forever.
Tony and Academy Award-winner Mercedes Ruehl leads the cast, which also includes Lili Rabe,
Kieran Campion, Austin Lysy, and Brenda Pressley.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
Don't miss this one
Mercedes Ruehl is astonishing as always and the connection between her and Lily Rabe on stage is incredibly real. A wonderful play, full of humor and pathos- a great night of theater not to be missed.
Reviewed by laruediane2000
on Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2009
RE:The American Plan
An astounding adult experience for all serious theatergoers. It will have you discussing the characters and their motivations long after you see it.
Reviewed by mikeone
on Sunday, Feb 15th, 2009
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Theatergoers would be hard-pressed these days to find a play as emotionally and thematically complex as Richard Greenberg's The American Plan, now being given an excellent revival by Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater under David Grindley's taut direction. Indeed, the title alone has three different meanings.
On one level, it's a description of the vacation package that provides guests with a seemingly endless supply of food at the Catskills resort just across the lake from the home where Eva Adler (Mercedes Ruehl) and her daughter Lili (Lily Rabe) are staying during the summer of 1960. Secondly, the American plan, or maybe more specifically "American dream," is als[...]