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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Collected Stories
8 / 10
Lavin is the raison d'être for the play's Broadway debut, an offering from Manhattan Theatre Club, which also presented the first New York outing. While director Lynne Meadow has not found anything new in the play—her production is quite close to the previous two—set designer Santo Loquasto's Greenwich Village apartment set is more spacious. But as the tough-minded Steiner, Lavin gives a master class in acting you miss at your peril. Her every intention is visible on her expressive face and in her daggerlike eyes. Many of her flavorful line readings are followed by exactly the right small gesture or shrug to underline the subtext.
Collected Stories
8 / 10
Why, you ask, would Manhattan Theatre Club follow its premiere of Donald Margulies' Time Stands Still with a revival of Collected Stories — his crafty 1996 literary drama that's already been done twice in New York City? So we can hear Linda Lavin turn out two hours' worth of delicious bons mots like 'Life's too short for The New Yorker.' Lavin is relishing, but not milking, her role as a writer/professor/reluctant mentor; Deadwood's Sarah Paulson is ever-so-slightly (perhaps appropriately) grating as her sycophantic protégée.
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Collected Stories History
Other Productions of Collected Stories
| 1997 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 1998 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 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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