I'm sorry, but a lot of his recent work hasn't been very good. The Stendhal Syndrome had its moments, but on a whole it was a convoluted mess. Same with Dedication. Maybe it's time for old Terry to take a nice vacation and clear his head...
He actually has another one premiering in Philadelphia next year titled SOME MEN. It was workshopped at Sundance last year with John Glover, Malcolm Gets, Darius de Haas, Michael Rupert, Stephen Bogardus, Wayne Wilcox, Mary Testa, Pamela Issacs and others.
Less than the best McNalley is still better than much else - a clear point of view and interesting language. The Lisbon Traviata, for example is flawed, but remains fascinating.
From four-time Tony® Award-winner Terrence McNally comes a daring, tender, and truthful new play. As the evening of a same-sex wedding unfolds at the opulent NYC Plaza Hotel, we come to understand how ten of the guests, eight men and two women, came to be there. Some Men explores seminal moments, public and personal, in both the Gay Rights movement and gay private lives. At the same time, the play looks at the relationship between these men and the women they adore: their iconic Divas and the music they sing. This one sounds pretty poopy, too. That last sentence makes me think Judy, Liza, Bette and Cher will be major parts of the sound design, if not actual characters...how fascinating and original.
From reading that description, doesn't it seem like he's already written this play a few times before? I mean ANOTHER play with a bunch of show/opera queens?
Count me out.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Well, so did the others ........ BIG GIRLS ........ OH, wait, you mean BIOLOGICAL girls...... OK, that's different....
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Apparently it's immediately a period piece, as it takes place at The Plaza - oh, wait, hmmmm a wedding, The Plaza . . . maybe this play has been written before.
I was just wondering SueleenGay, Melissa Errico Fan, Margo Channing--how many Broadway plays have YOU written? How many Tony awards do YOU have? Do you ever make YOURSELF sick?
"You got the same dress I got?" "Yes.""You got the same wig I got?" "Yes." THEN SHUT UP!