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The Ladies of the Corridor
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 2, 2003
Closed May 25, 2003
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

The Ladies of the Corridor, written by the legendary Dorothy Parker and Arnaud d'Usseau, takes place behind the closed doors of New York City's Hotel Marlow. Three women, along with several other colorful characters, cross paths in the corridor of this genteel establishment, where a skeleton is hung in every closet. Dan Wackerman directs for Peccadillo Theater Company.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Bank Street Theatre
155 Bank St
New York, NY 10014


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Long before Stephen Sondheim wrote "The Ladies Who Lunch," Dorothy Parker memorialized the chatty crowd in The Ladies of the Corridor, which she co-authored with Arnaud d'Usseau. It's one of the caustic Parker's two produced plays -- it opened 50 years ago in 1953 -- and, taking into account the sharp-tongued critic's regular assaults on other plays and players of the period, it's not quite the air-tight accomplishment she might have wanted to keep retaliatory attacks at bay. Yet it's more than a forgettable curiosity.

Well known for spending her declining years at Manhattan's Volney Hotel, once located at 23 East 73rd Street, Parker must have been taking some very detailed mental notes wh[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on May 9, 2003

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