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Tale of the Allergist's Wife, The

  • Charles Busch
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Present Day
  • 2M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573703324

"A window rattling comedy of mid-life malaise... Mr. Busch has swum straight into the mainstream... The Allergist's Wife earns its wall to wall laughs."

The New York Times

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Strong Language, Drugs, Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Large Stage, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student, Senior Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award
    Nominee! Tony Award for Best Play (2001)
    Nominee! Drama Desk Award for Best Play (2000)
Marjorie Taub, a middle-aged Upper West Side Doctor's wife, is devoted to mornings at the Whitney, afternoons at MOMA and evenings at BAM. Plunged into a mid-life crisis of Medea-like proportions, she's shaken out of her lethargy by the reappearance of a fascinating and somewhat mysterious childhood friend.
REVIEWS:

"Uproarious, a window rattling comedy of mid-life malaise... Mr. Busch has swum straight into the mainstream... The Allergist's Wife earns its wall to wall laughs."

 The New York Times

"Charles Busch comes of age as a comic playwright of the first rank."

 The New York Daily News

"An intelligently funny and satirically relevant uptown comedy."

 New York Magazine

Premiere Production: The Tale of the Allergist's Wife first opened at Manhattan Theatre Club on February 29, 2000. The production moved to Broadway, opening on November 2, 2000 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where it ran for 777 performances. It was directed by Lynne Meadow.

Characters

  • Casting: 2M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)

MARJORIE
MOHAMMED
IRA
FREIDA
LEE

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Marjorie Taub, a middle-aged Upper West Side Doctor's wife, is devoted to mornings at the Whitney, afternoons at MOMA and evenings at BAM. Plunged into a mid-life crisis of Medea-like proportions, she's shaken out of her lethargy by the reappearance of a fascinating and somewhat mysterious childhood friend.

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