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| What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? | |
| Posted by: Kerick 04:44 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| I would like to be reminded of any play that was seen in New York that dealt in some fashion with Alzheimers and/or dementia... Suggestions? | |
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| re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:47 pm EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - Kerick 04:44 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| Not Alzheimer's, but if we can include ALS, there's 33 Variations. | |
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| MarjoriePrimenmi | |
| Posted by: garyd 07:07 pm EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - Kerick 04:44 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| re: (SPOILERS) What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? | |
| Posted by: OnceMoreWithFeeling 02:38 pm EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - Kerick 04:44 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| Spoilers Below for the play in question. * * * * * * * * The Other Place with Laurie Metcalf |
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| re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? | |
| Posted by: theaterisok 10:00 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - Kerick 04:44 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| I seem to recall a London import that was Americanized called “A Month of Sundays.” | |
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| Mac Posner's The Treasurer | |
| Posted by: Ann 09:21 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - Kerick 04:44 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| Not sure it was Alzheimer's, but some category of dementia. | |
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| re: Mac Posner's The Treasurer | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:45 pm EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: Mac Posner's The Treasurer - Ann 09:21 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| There was a very good production of The Treasurer in Boston (Lyric Stage Company) that played just as the pandemic was causing everything to shut down - in fact, I saw the last performance of it, which would turn out to be the last in-person performance I would see, until now. A wonderful play. | |
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| re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? | |
| Posted by: FleetStreetBarber 09:11 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - Kerick 04:44 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| "Wings," for which Constance Cummings won a Tony. | |
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| re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? | |
| Posted by: whereismikeyfl 10:25 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - FleetStreetBarber 09:11 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| Wings is not about Alzheimers. The main character has had a stroke. |
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| re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 10:14 pm EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - whereismikeyfl 10:25 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| Yes, I was going to say the same thing. I first knew of the show through a PBS version that I saw at The Paley Center. I then saw the revival with Jan Maxwell. What beautiful production and she was brilliant. |
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| re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? | |
| Posted by: JimmyJay 07:11 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - Kerick 04:44 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| The Waverly Gallery | |
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| re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? | |
| Posted by: TheHarveyBoy 06:02 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - Kerick 04:44 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| THE FATHERstarring Frank Langella and Kathryn Erbe. Terrific. Haunting. | |
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| And also by Florian Zeller, IN THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (nm) | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 11:08 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - TheHarveyBoy 06:02 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? | |
| Posted by: writerkev 07:19 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - TheHarveyBoy 06:02 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| I agree about “The Father.” Superb. There was also a play at the Vineyard by Colman Domingo called “Dot,” which wasn’t nearly so successful, but it treated a similar topic. | |
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| DOT | |
| Posted by: Clancy 12:48 pm EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What Are the plays that have dealt with Alzheimers? - writerkev 07:19 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| Agree. Dot was tremendous. Susan Stroman directed. This was the next project for Domingo and Stro after Scottsboro Boys. | |
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| re: DOT | |
| Posted by: writerkev 01:50 pm EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: DOT - Clancy 12:48 pm EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| Sorry if I was unclear, but we don't agree. I didn't find "Dot" to be tremendous. I thought it was pretty silly--all that nonsense about fitting someone up with a suit to simulate the effect of aging, something like that? I didn't find the play very deeply explored or meaningful. I was floored a couple weeks later when I saw "The Father" about a similar subject, which I found intensely theatrical and riveting. | |
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