The Women
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 8, 2001
Closed Jan 13, 2002
Opened Nov 8, 2001
Closed Jan 13, 2002
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When this gleefully malicious comedy about New York society matrons premiered on Broadway, audiences were shocked, outraged and delighted. Featuring an all-female cast and some of the funniest dialogue ever written for the American stage, The Women offers a fascinating inside look at the catty world of Park Avenue society. This deliciously nasty tale of a woman whose happy marriage is destroyed by the gossip of her friends has been called one of the great American plays of the 20th century. Under the direction of Scott Elliot, Kristin Johnston, Rue McClanahan, Cynthia Nixon, Amy Ryan, Jennifer Tilly, and Mary Louise Wilson star.
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Though the saying "It's a jungle out there" was in vogue in the 1990s, the idea had been strongly intimated many times before in 20th century drama. Perhaps its most notable theatrical expression was in Clare Boothe Luce's all-female comedy The Women, which the lady who eventually became our ambassador to Italy supposedly wrote in three days while setting prettily in bed with a cold. The savagery motif was expressed by way of the nail polish "Jungle Red," which is a prime factor in setting the plot of the play into motion.
In 2001, it's easy to look down one's nose at Luce's work and claim that the opinions she airs about women--not to mention the absent men--are dated now and may, in f[...]