Good People 2011
Opened: March 3, 2011Closing: May 29, 2011
Good People - 2011 Broadway History , Info & More
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Broadway)
261 W. 47th St. New York, NY 10036
Together, playwright David Lindsay-Abaire and MTC have brought four outstanding new plays to the New York stage. Their most recent collaboration, RABBIT HOLE, earned Lindsay-Abaire the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Now, he returns to MTC, along with RABBIT HOLE director and Tony Award® winner Daniel Sullivan, to premiere his newest work, the timely and powerful GOOD PEOPLE.
Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo… where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills… and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old fling who has made it out of Southie might be her ticket to a fresh new start. But is this apparently self-made man secure enough to face his humble beginnings? Margie is about to risk what little she has left to find out.
With his signature humorous glow, Lindsay-Abaire explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America.
Good People - 2011 - Broadway Cast
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McDormand’s Fired Ma Makes 'Good People' Fearful
6 / 10
Director Daniel Sullivan can’t finesse the play’s contrivances. Chief among them is the familiar setup of a confrontation between a proud denizen of the old neighborhood and the successful striver who escaped while clinging to a highly selective, even romanticized, version of his rough-and- tumble childhood. But John Lee Beatty’s evocative sets and Pat Collins’s pale verismo lighting lift the show above the norm.
Good People
7 / 10
Tate Donovan proves a fine foil as Mike, highlighting the character's conflicting feelings of relief at escaping a dead-end life and guilt at no longer being a true Southie. As Kate, Renée Elise Goldsberry is best when scrambling to avoid the inadvertent cultural condescension this highly educated daughter of an African-American doctor keeps stumbling into with Margaret. Goldsberry then scores when Kate suddenly shows spine and maturity as she nails Margaret for putting her pride ahead of her daughter's well-being. Estelle Parsons makes Dottie into an engagingly colorful sideshow of eccentricities, Becky Ann Baker is a convincingly curdled Jean, and Patrick Carroll smartly stresses Stevie's decency, though the character is largely a plot device.
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Good People - 2011 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Frances McDormand |
| 2011 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | David Lindsay-Abaire |
| 2011 | New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | 0 |
| 2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Frances McDormand |
| 2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Daniel Sullivan |
| 2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Estelle Parsons |
| 2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Renee Elise |
| 2011 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | 0 |
| 2011 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Frances McDormand |
| 2011 | Tony Awards | Best Play | David Lindsay-Abaire |
| 2011 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Manhattan Theatre Club |
| 2011 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Lynne Meadow |
| 2011 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Barry Grove |
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