Unfortunately i have only a glimpse of a recollection of nathan lane bringing down the house with his famous butt baring scene and the final moonlight swim finale but without any memory of terrence mcnallys book, so it was imperative for me to buy the video and im so glad. Compassion jason alexander, stephen spinella, stephen bogardus, randy becker. Over time, the men meet at a picturesque lakeside country. Le conte est etonnant diffuse par madaline rosendo et dinnombrables degre stimuler. Dolby digital this perceptive drama written by terrence mcnally, adapted from his awardwinning broadway play starts out as a warmhearted examination of the lives and loves of eight middleclass gay men during three eventful weekends at the isolated country home of ageing dancer stephen bogardus and his blind, youthful boyfriend. This detailed study guide includes chapter summaries and analysis, important themes, significant quotes, and more everything you need to ace your essay or test on love. I saw the original broadway production but unfortunately zee leetle gray cells mon ami are not what they used to be. Love, valor, compassion deals with a lot of serious topics in a matter of fact way. City theatre has, once again, proved itself a leader on the austin east side theatre scene. Terrence mcnallys last two plays a perfect ganesh and lips together, teeth apart revealed a playwright preoccupied with spiritual matters and death.
This bigscreen adaptation of playwright terrence mcnallys broadway hit revolves around the tender bonding of eight gay manhattanites. Aug 16, 2015 pinnworth productions presentation of love. But through compassion and strength the valour in the title, there is above all, love. It is so sharply written and entertaining that in its. Expectations in the austin theatre community for terence mcnallys play were. It is about characters and dialogue, expressed through good. It won the tony award for best play and the drama desk award for outstanding play. Gregory invites seven friends to spend the summer at his large, secluded 19thcentury home in upstate new york.
Its an inside look at how friendship and relationships can strengthen when faced with hard core. The play opened offbroadway in 1994 and transferred to broadway in 1995. It did, and it was, earning mcnally the tony award for best play i. In looking at this seminal work twenty years later, we see that while the world has changed, but there are still lingering challenges yet to be conquered.
Original design interview central ideas the play itself is a comedic drama, however it does include elements of seriousness and tragedy. Jason alexander, john glover, randy becker, stephen bogardus. Jason alexander randy becker stephen bogardus 1997 based on terrence mcnallys play about eight gay friends experiences and revelations at ones country. Jason alexander, john glover, randy becker, stephen bogardus, john benjamin hickey, official content from new line home. Bobby, gregorys significant other, who is blind but who loves to explore the homes garden using his sense of touch. At a beautiful dutchess county farmhouse, eight gay male friends hash out their passions, resentments, and fears over the course of three summer weekends. Aids is at the center of the story as this group is affected deeply in one way, or another, by the plague that is killing most of these men gathered at a summer house. Gregory invites seven friends to spend the summer at his. Its a pretty cool little film from the late 1990s 1997, featuring an allstar cast including. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. There is also a subtext in the movie about relationships, friendship, and loyalty. Tony award for best play, new york drama critics award for best new american play, obie award for.
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