The Play About the Baby
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 26, 2003
Closed May 18, 2003
Opened Mar 26, 2003
Closed May 18, 2003
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
By turns funny, mysterious and disturbing, Edward Albee's The Play About the Baby concerns a young couple who have just had a baby, and the strange turn of events that transpire when they are visited by an older man and woman.
The play contains nudity and mature themes
Extended for two weeks!
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Set to attend a new production of Edward Albee's The Play About the Baby at The Studio Theatre in Washington, I had hoped that the work might become clearer when revisited in performance. Now I suspect that, even upon a 20th or a 200th viewing, it would remain inscrutable.
Critics and audiences came up with all sorts of analyses of this absurdist piece when it opened Off-Broadway in 2001 after its world premiere in London and its American premiere at the Alley Theatre in Houston. For those unfamiliar with the "plot," here is a précis: An innocent young couple, identified only as Boy and Girl, apparently have a baby, but the joy of their new parenthood is obliterated by the arrival up[...]