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Gone Home
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Dec 17, 2002
Closed Jan 26, 2003

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http://www.mtc-nyc.org

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Jack, a young writer, goes home for the first time in years. Through a surprising series of visits with his family, he grapples with his guilt at having abandoned them, as well as his own hopes and fears. Directed
by Lynne Meadow, Gone Home marks the New York debut for new American playwright, John Corwin.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



New York City Center - Stage II
131 W 55th St
New York, NY 10019


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Not content to bore us with Gone Home, playwright John Corwin goes out of his way to insult us. He has one of his characters remark that if people don't like "ruminative...internal [writing]...'Fuck 'em.'" Of course, this play at Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage II is thoroughly ruminative and internal, which would be fine if it weren't also pretentious and overly ambiguous.

The story begins on a living room set. A young woman named Kate (Chelsea Altman) holds the hands of a distracted young man named Jack (Josh Hamilton). She tells him not to worry, using words such as "comfortable," "casual," "relaxed," and "familiar" to describe their s[...]


Reviewed by Barbara and Scott Siegel on Dec 18, 2002

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