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Lovers
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By Brian Friel
Directed by Drew Barr+
September 18 through October 20, 2012
The Beckett Theatre
Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street
NYC
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| SYNOPSIS |
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In the repressive climate of 1960s Ireland two couples, one young and one past their prime, struggle to navigate human intimacy in this darkly humorous and poetic story of love and loss. |
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CAST
NORA CHESTER+
Mrs. Wilson
Set design by Brett J. Banakis
Lighting design by Mary Louise Geiger +
Costume design by Kim Krumm Sorenson
Sound design by Daniel Kluger
Props by Lauren Madden
Michael Friedlander+
Production Stage Manager
Alex Mark
Assistant Stage Manager
Gertijan Houben
Assistant Lighting Designer
Kate Hultgren
Wardrobe Supervisor
Scott Parks
Assistant Production Manager/TD
+ TACT Company Member
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| PRESS |
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- Brian Friel's duo of one-act plays, "Lovers", is a sweet-and-sour mixture, rich... [ read more]
The New York Times
"I can't wait for the future, Joe."
Those words, joyfully delivered by Mag, a 17-year-old bundle of... [ read more]
New York Post
Irish playwright Brian Friel has never been at a loss for words. And neither is Mag (Justine... [ read more]
TheaterMania
TACT presents an entertaining revival of Brian Friel's pair of one-act plays.
Brian Friel isn't... [ read more]
Time Out NY
What sucks more: being young and in love, or old and in love? If you're Irish, both! In 1967's... [ read more]
CurtainUP
Tact (The Actors Company Theatre) has a mission of giving New York theater goers a chance to become... [ read more]
Show Business Weekly
Brian Friel's play Lovers, written in 1968, was first staged at Lincoln Center and then on Broadway... [ read more]
StageandCinema
Brian Friel's excellent 1968 play Lovers is actually two separate plays with similar themes and... [ read more]
New York Theatre Wire
Brian Friel's "Lovers," first produced in 1967, is composed of two separate one-acts, "Winners" and... [ read more]
Wolfe Entertainment Guide
You have to wait until the second story "Losers" in Brian Friel's "Lovers," revived by TACT, The... [ read more]
Light and Sound America
Lovers consists of a pair of one-acts, "Winners" and "Losers," but the line between the two, as is... [ read more]
Backstage
In "Lovers," as in life, there are winners and losers. Brian Friel's play gives nods to both; the... [ read more]
Wall Street Journal
If life were fair, Brian Friel, the foremost living playwright in the English-speaking world, would... [ read more]
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