Crazy Mary
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 3, 2007
Closed Jun 26, 2007
Opened Jun 3, 2007
Closed Jun 26, 2007
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Playwrights Horizons presents the world premiere of a play by A.R. Gurney, featuring Sigourney Weaver. Jim Simpson directs.
In an attempt to account for the family inheritance, the scion of a wealthy Buffalo, NY clan and her willful, college-aged son visit their long lost cousin Mary. The catch: Mary is living in an asylum, and has barely spoken in years, forcing mother and son to employ radical ends to get through.
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A.R. Gurney has written some of America's memorable plays from The Dining Room to The Cocktail Hour to Indian Blood. Unfortunately, his latest offering,
Crazy Mary, now at Playwrights Horizons, does not belong in that hallowed group. Yes, it has the expected elements of a declining WASP culture, with characters both trying to escape their upper-crust heritage and hang on to it. And, yes there are riveting moments of theater -- but not enough of them to make this rather unconvincing tale the meaningful play that Gurney intends it to be.
The play begins with Lydia (Sigourney Weaver) , a Buffalo-based divorcee, and her college-aged son, Skip (Michael Esper) being ushered into what once was t[...]