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Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike (2013)

by Christopher Durang(Favorite Author)

4.24 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0802122388 (ISBN13: 9780802122384)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Grove Press

review 1: Clearly Cassandra is the best character, though Masha IS in fact a latter-day Norma Desmond (so +5). The play sets itself up interestingly but kind of burns out at the end with Vanya's rant which passes as nothing more than a collection of grouchy, nostalgic old man stuff about how times are better. It's an extended monologue and it's disappointing because clearly Durang is not the sort to go in for convention. Would have liked to see the play take a wackier turn at the end.4/5
review 2: Chris Durang has a gem of a play here, one that is laugh out loud until it reaches the heart of the story in Act 2 with a poignacy that is achingly true about life in the 21st century where "social media" has run amuck among the memories of a simpler past... written letters, fa... morexes, 3 tv networks, vinyl records, Captain Kangaroo and Howdy Doody. We saw an excellent production of this play at ACT in Seattle yesterday. less

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