Sarah Ruhl - Stage Kiss ebook EPUB, FB2
9781559364706 English 155936470X "Wickedly clever . . . Ruhl's unique, breezily elegant dialogue is fully present, as is her pleasingly loopy logic." Variety "In the smart, rollicking Stage Kiss . . . passion and fidelity engage in a kind of elegant pas de deux. . . . The play manages to be both wholly original and instantly recognizable . . . with its combination of hilarity and trenchancy." New Yorker Award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl brings her unique mix of lyricism, sparkling humor, and fierce intelligence to her new romantic comedy, Stage Kiss . When estranged lovers He and She are thrown together as romantic leads in a long-forgotten 1930s melodrama, the line between off-stage and on-stage begins to blur. A "knockabout farce that channels No�l Coward and Michael Frayn" ( Chicago Tribune ), Stage Kiss is a thoughtful and clever examination of the difference between youthful lust and respectful love. Ruhl, one of America's most frequently produced playwrights, proves that a kiss is not just a kiss in this whirlwind romantic comedy, which will receive its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons in winter 2014. Sarah Ruhl 's other plays include the Pulitzer Prize finalists In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) and The Clean House , as well as Passion Play , Dead Man's Cell Phone , Demeter in the City , Eurydice , Melancholy Play , and Late: a cowboy song . She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a PEN/Laura Pels Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. Her plays have premiered on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and have been produced in many theaters around the world., A gift and a rarity: a superb new romantic comedy that s moving, smart and flat-out hilarious... You will have difficulty breathing. "Stage Kiss" is that funny. Jesse Green, "New York" In "Stage Kiss" passion and fidelity engage in a kind of elegant pas de deuxAt once a knowing send-up of the hazy half-truths of stage naturalism and a meditation on the nature of desire and sexual fantasy, the play manages to be both wholly original and instantly recognizable. John Lahr, "New Yorker" A knockabout farce that channels Noel Coward and Michael Frayn. Chris Jones, "Chicago Tribune" Wickedly clever... Ruhl s unique, breezily elegant dialogue is fully present. Steven Oxman, "Variety" A lively blend of romantic comedy and backstage farce... "Stage Kiss" reminds us of how the artifice of theater can stir real emotions not just for those who create it, but for those who attend it, too. Charles Isherwood, "New York Times" When estranged lovers are thrown together as romantic leads in a long-forgotten 1930s melodrama, the line between offstage and onstage begins to blur. Here, Sarah Ruhl, one of America s most widely produced playwrights, brings her unique mix of lyricism, sparkling humor and fierce intelligence to the world of romantic comedy. The play asks us to consider what is real, both in love and in art. Sarah Ruhl s plays include the Pulitzer Prize finalists "In the Next Room or the vibrator play" (Tony Award nominee, Best Play) and "The Clean House" (Susan Smith Blackburn Award), as well as "Passion Play, a cycle"; "Dead Man s Cell Phone"; "Dear Elizabeth"; "Eurydice"; "Melancholy Play" and "Late: a cowboy song." She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers Award, a PEN/Laura Pels Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. "
9781559364706 English 155936470X "Wickedly clever . . . Ruhl's unique, breezily elegant dialogue is fully present, as is her pleasingly loopy logic." Variety "In the smart, rollicking Stage Kiss . . . passion and fidelity engage in a kind of elegant pas de deux. . . . The play manages to be both wholly original and instantly recognizable . . . with its combination of hilarity and trenchancy." New Yorker Award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl brings her unique mix of lyricism, sparkling humor, and fierce intelligence to her new romantic comedy, Stage Kiss . When estranged lovers He and She are thrown together as romantic leads in a long-forgotten 1930s melodrama, the line between off-stage and on-stage begins to blur. A "knockabout farce that channels No�l Coward and Michael Frayn" ( Chicago Tribune ), Stage Kiss is a thoughtful and clever examination of the difference between youthful lust and respectful love. Ruhl, one of America's most frequently produced playwrights, proves that a kiss is not just a kiss in this whirlwind romantic comedy, which will receive its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons in winter 2014. Sarah Ruhl 's other plays include the Pulitzer Prize finalists In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) and The Clean House , as well as Passion Play , Dead Man's Cell Phone , Demeter in the City , Eurydice , Melancholy Play , and Late: a cowboy song . She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a PEN/Laura Pels Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. Her plays have premiered on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and have been produced in many theaters around the world., A gift and a rarity: a superb new romantic comedy that s moving, smart and flat-out hilarious... You will have difficulty breathing. "Stage Kiss" is that funny. Jesse Green, "New York" In "Stage Kiss" passion and fidelity engage in a kind of elegant pas de deuxAt once a knowing send-up of the hazy half-truths of stage naturalism and a meditation on the nature of desire and sexual fantasy, the play manages to be both wholly original and instantly recognizable. John Lahr, "New Yorker" A knockabout farce that channels Noel Coward and Michael Frayn. Chris Jones, "Chicago Tribune" Wickedly clever... Ruhl s unique, breezily elegant dialogue is fully present. Steven Oxman, "Variety" A lively blend of romantic comedy and backstage farce... "Stage Kiss" reminds us of how the artifice of theater can stir real emotions not just for those who create it, but for those who attend it, too. Charles Isherwood, "New York Times" When estranged lovers are thrown together as romantic leads in a long-forgotten 1930s melodrama, the line between offstage and onstage begins to blur. Here, Sarah Ruhl, one of America s most widely produced playwrights, brings her unique mix of lyricism, sparkling humor and fierce intelligence to the world of romantic comedy. The play asks us to consider what is real, both in love and in art. Sarah Ruhl s plays include the Pulitzer Prize finalists "In the Next Room or the vibrator play" (Tony Award nominee, Best Play) and "The Clean House" (Susan Smith Blackburn Award), as well as "Passion Play, a cycle"; "Dead Man s Cell Phone"; "Dear Elizabeth"; "Eurydice"; "Melancholy Play" and "Late: a cowboy song." She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers Award, a PEN/Laura Pels Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. "