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Terrence McNally

    Terrence McNally était un dramaturge, librettiste et scénariste américain dont les œuvres exploraient les thèmes de l'identité, de la sexualité et de la recherche de connexion humaine. Ses pièces examinaient souvent les complexités des relations et les normes sociales avec une perspicacité aiguë et un humour spirituel. La contribution de McNally au théâtre américain fut considérable, et son écriture continue de résonner par son honnêteté et la profondeur de ses personnages. Sa maîtrise du dialogue et de la structure narrative en a fait une figure centrale du drame contemporain.

    Terrence McNally
    Three Plays by Terrence McNally
    Some Men and Deuce
    The Stendhal Syndrome
    Out Front
    Kiss of the Spider Woman
    Anastasia
    • From Tony winners Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, creators of such Broadway classics as Ragtime and Once On This Island, this dazzling show transports its audience from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing con man and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love and family.

      Anastasia
    • 15 male, 3 female Interior Winner of multiple Tony Awards including Best Musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman revamps a harrowing tale of persecution into a dazzling spectacle that juxtaposes gritty realities with liberating fantasies. Cell mates in a Latin American prison, Valentin is a tough revolutionary undergoing torture and Molina is an unabashed homosexual serving eight years for deviant behavior. Molina shares his fantasies about an actress, Aurora (originated on Br

      Kiss of the Spider Woman
    • Out Front

      • 564pages
      • 20 heures de lecture
      4,1(19)Évaluer

      Gathers eleven plays, that deal with the social, psychological, and emotional aspects of homosexual life

      Out Front
    • The Stendhal Syndrome

      Two Plays: Full Frontal Nudity and Prelude and Liebestod

      • 96pages
      • 4 heures de lecture
      3,9(19)Évaluer

      Exploring the transformative power of art, this collection features two plays by acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally. Full Frontal Nudity follows three American tourists profoundly affected by Michelangelo's David, while Prelude and Liebstod delves into a conductor's personal crisis during a performance of Wagner's masterpiece. Premiering in 2004 with notable actors, these works reflect on the emotional and physical impacts of beauty, echoing the experiences of Stendhal himself.

      The Stendhal Syndrome
    • Some Men and Deuce

      Two Plays

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture
      3,7(10)Évaluer

      Terrence McNally, celebrated for his originality and humor, presents two poignant plays that explore the themes of friendship, companionship, and love. Known for his acclaimed works like Love! Valor! Compassion! and Master Class, the four-time Tony Award winner combines heartfelt storytelling with wit, offering audiences a unique blend of emotion and laughter.

      Some Men and Deuce
    • “Terrence McNally is one of our most original and audacious dramatists and one of our funniest.”— The New Yorker These three stunning plays are a testament to the extraordinary talent and comedic brilliance of Terrence McNally. All produced off-Broadway to great acclaim, his most recent works are gathered here for the first time in a unique collection of drama, romance, and comedy. The Lisbon Traviata is a powerfully moving tragicomedy about a crumbling homosexual marriage. And in Frankie and Johnnie in the Clair de Lune , a man and a woman, “not young, not old, no great beauties, either one,” come together in a fresh and witty display of emotional fireworks. McNally himself describes the final piece, the bitingly honest and uproariously funny It’s Only a Play , as his “attempt to describe exactly what I was like to work in Broadway in the 1980s.” These three unforgettable works, starkly individual yet all charged with brilliant wit and searing intimacy, dazzle us with McNally’s wisdom, compassion, and extraordinary brand of comic genius.

      Three Plays by Terrence McNally
    • Providing readers with his own unique view of the story of Christ, McNally gives a controversial affirmation of faith and a drama of power and scope.

      Corpus Christi
    • Gay in America

      • 223pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      A photographic survery of gay men in America. The photographer traveled across all fifty states to document the lives of 140 gay men from all walks of life.

      Gay in America
    • Muse of Fire

      Reflections on Theatre

      • 206pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      Exploring the transformative power of theater, this collection features insights from a four-time Tony Award-winning playwright on how storytelling can shift perspectives by touching emotions. It delves into the vital responsibilities of playwrights within the theater community, emphasizing their role in fostering change through art.

      Muse of Fire
    • The world can and will go on without us but I have to think that we have made this world a better place. That we have left it richer, wiser than had we not chosen the way of art. The 1996 Tony Award winner for Best Play. Terrence McNally's Master Class presents the legendary opera diva, Maria Callas, as she puts aspiring young singers through their paces in a series of master classes. Both moving and entertaining, this theatrical tour de force dramatizes the Callas phenomenon and "is an unembarrassed, involving meditation on Callas's life and the nature of her art. Such subjects are not easily dramatized, certainly not with this brio." (New York Times) After opening on Broadway in 1995 with Zoe Caldwell and Audra McDonald, the play premiered in London in 1997 with Patti LuPone. It was last revived on Broadway and in the West End in 2011-12 starring Tyne Daly.

      Master Class