One of John Guare’s classic plays,Landscape of the Bodytells the story of a woman’s unfulfilled life and premature death — and her reflections from the grave. Betty travels to New York to convince her sister Rosalie to leave her gritty New York City life and come home to bucolic Maine. After dying in a freak bicycle accident, Rosalie revisits the world she left behind. From the beyond Rosalie witnesses Betty effortlessly easing into her previous persona — moving into her apartment, taking over her job, but then Betty abruptly loses her teenage son to a gruesome murder. In a sardonic turn of events, Betty finds herself the primary suspect in her son’s death. Guare brilliantly moves back and forth in time and space to create and affecting study of the American dream gone awry.
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Show Me the Meaning!,
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P>The play is a dark comedy/murder mystery. A woman is accused of murdering her 14 year-old son, and an introspective investigation (guided by the suspect's deceased porn-star sister) is the plot of this play.The characters are diverse, from confused kids who seduce homosexuals and steal from them, to hard-core porn stars. From a Cuban transvestite to a deranged Ice-Cream man. The play does not by any means glorify the immorality portryayed in it, but still, it's not one for small kids. It takes a lot of thought, even soul-searching, to figure out the "meaning" of the play. Brilliantly, John Guare leaves this aspect pretty open-ended, so its open to a variety of interpretations. For instance, mine is rather pessimistic, but my director's is one of hope. I understand this is one of Guare's lesser-known works. I haven't read his other ones, but I'm told this is one of his best-written. I wouldn't call this play a "must-read" (which is why I give it four stars, instead of five) but it is an enjoyable one, one that could be an impetus for some serious introspection and soul-searching.
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New York, Landscape of the Body, Christopher Street, Greenwich Village, Honeymoon Holidays, South Carolina, Durwood Peach, Bank Street, Dope King of Providence, Forty-second Street, Mavis Brennan, Hudson Street, Michael Greif, Alice Crimmins, Lake Forest, Queen Elizabeth, Rhode Island, Betty Peach, Brian Sgambati, Dionne Quintuplets, Dixie Hotel, Jay Sanders, John Lennon, Monosodium Glutamate, Murray Abraham New!
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