Kathleen Turner orders rewrite of SISTER GEORGE....

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Kathleen Turner orders rewrite of SISTER GEORGE....

Posted: 11/3/12 at 12:26am

Just re-read this magnificent play last month. It doesn't need a re-write. And I don't know why the estate approved it.

http://playbill.com/news/article/171852-Kathleen-Turner-Re-Plots-The-Killing-of-Sister-George-for-Revised-Revival

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

Kathleen Turner orders rewrite of SISTER GEORGE....

Posted: 11/3/12 at 11:10am

Why would they approve it? Because they were thrilled it would be produced. And Turner explains her reasons for the update.

(I am unfamiliar with the play, so have no personal opinion of whether it is dated or not.)

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

Kathleen Turner orders rewrite of SISTER GEORGE....

Posted: 11/3/12 at 11:19am

Her direction of "Crimes of the Heart" sucked big time. She didn't understand the play or its characters.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

Kathleen Turner orders rewrite of SISTER GEORGE....

Posted: 11/3/12 at 11:24am

Well for someone as disgusting and homophobic as you are Goth, I'm surprised you even opened this thread up since it deals with not only a director you don't like but lesbians, who we all know you find disgusting.

Kathleen Turner orders rewrite of SISTER GEORGE....

Posted: 11/3/12 at 1:31pm

That is all.

Kathleen Turner orders rewrite of SISTER GEORGE....

Posted: 11/8/12 at 6:15pm

Ever the modest one, that Kathleen:

My favorite part of the night was when you conceded that you have indeed improved upon two of Elizabeth Taylor’s great roles, in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

[Laughs.] How could I resist!

You mentioned that one way in which you improved upon those roles was with your voice.

Yes! Elizabeth Taylor had a lousy voice.

You don’t hear many people say that.

No.
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Kathleen Turner orders rewrite of SISTER GEORGE....

Posted: 11/8/12 at 6:19pm

I'm not familiar with the play, but I know the movie which I understand made the lesbian aspect much more prominent. Can someone who has read the play give details about how they are different? (I know the lead is not a TV soap star in the play, and I've also read it's more satiric).

Kathleen Turner orders rewrite of SISTER GEORGE....

Posted: 11/9/12 at 10:09am

Sister George is actually a radio soap star in the play, and not television. I haven't seen the film -- can't seem to track it down -- so I can't speak beyond that. But reading the play is a great time. Have read it at least 3 times since first discovering it. Not sure what would need to be changed.

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

Kathleen Turner orders rewrite of SISTER GEORGE....

Posted: 11/10/12 at 1:46am

Apparently, the lesbians have been replaced with Mormons, and the presence of a strange redhaired street urchin has somehow been introduced into the storyline. Other than that, it's still the same play.

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