Collected Stories 2010
Run Time:
2 hours, with one intermission
Opened: April 28, 20102 hours, with one intermission
Closing: June 13, 2010
Collected Stories - 2010 Broadway History , Info & More
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Broadway)
261 W. 47th St. New York, NY 10036
Tony Award winner Linda Lavin and director Lynne Meadow, who collaborated on MTC’s The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, reunite for a new production of Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies' celebrated drama. Collected Stories chronicles the relationship between two female writers: Ruth Steiner (Lavin), a celebrated New York author with a dry wit and a distinguished career; and her bright-eyed young protégé, Lisa Morrison. As their relationship evolves and the line between fact and fiction starts to blur, their fascinating story comes to an explosive conclusion.
Collected Stories - 2010 - Broadway Cast
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Writers collide in Margulies' 'Collected Stories'
9 / 10
Lavin is a joy to watch, investing Ruth with an appealing kind of cranky wisdom that only grows more pronounced as the woman ages ('Collected Stories' covers a span of six years). The actress gives one of those complete, nuanced performances, capturing the woman's intellectual vigor, her wry sense of humor and her increasing physical frailty with astonishing fidelity. And Lavin's sense of timing is superb, whether delivering a joke or acerbically dissecting the work of her protegee.
Collected Stories
9 / 10
Margulies' play certainly is schematic -- the audience pretty much sees where it's going right from the beginning -- but his characterizations are so incisive and his dialogue so rich that one hardly minds. The details of the New York literary scene are rendered with a rich authenticity; there's plenty of in-the-know name dropping, and the play gets one of its biggest laughs with a simple re-creation of the iconic 92nd Street Y logo.
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Collected Stories History
Other Productions of Collected Stories
| 1997 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 1998 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2010 | Broadway |
Manhattan Theatre Club Production Broadway |
Collected Stories - 2010 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Linda Lavin |
| 1997 | The Pulitzer Prize | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Donald Margulies |
| 1997 | The Pulitzer Prize | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Donald Margulies |
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