Three Tall Women was written shortly after the death of Edward Albee’s adoptive mother, and it remains his most personal play. Wickedly funny, and told with uncompromising truth, the play takes a long, hard look at the arc of one human life from the perspectives of three different generations—one woman in youth, one woman in middle age, and one woman lying on her death bed. As the elder woman reflects on her life—including the estrangement of her son, widely interpreted to represent Albee himself—she develops clarity of mind that transcends her debilitated body. Three Tall Women will be directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell, whose 2004 production of Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was named “the finest production… [of the play] I’ve seen to date” by Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal.
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2018 | Best Revival of a Play |
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RACHMANINOFF AND THE TSAR
South Coast Repertory (2/19 - 3/2) | |
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Avenue Q
Wisteria Theater (1/24 - 3/2)
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A Fabulous 50th: Chicago and A Chorus Line!
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (4/18 - 4/18) | |
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RENT in Concert
Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Segerstrom Hall (3/15 - 3/15) | |
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C A B A R E T
Jaxx Theatre (3/13 - 3/29) | |
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Gustav and Alma
Walt Disney Concert Hall (3/6 - 3/9) | |
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Tchaikovsky & Schubert
Walt Disney Concert Hall (3/14 - 3/16) | |
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Porn Rock: The Obscenity Trial of Jello Biafra
Eastwood PAC (3/1 - 3/23) | |
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DOT by Colman Domingo
The Box Riverside (2/27 - 3/2) COMEDY NEW PLAY
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Letters Aloud: From the Front—Letters of Service and Sacrifice
Smothers Theatre (3/27 - 3/27) | |
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Jesus Christ Superstar
Coachella Valley Repertory (3/7 - 3/7) | |
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Something to Crow About
Bob Baker Marionette Theater (1/18 - 3/30) | |
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A Beautiful Noise
Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Segerstrom Hall (7/29 - 8/10) | |
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The Staircase
South Coast Repertory's Julianne Argyros Stage (4/27 - 5/18) | |
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