The Lisbon Traviata

The Lisbon Traviata
Author: Terrence McNally
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1992
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822206736

THE STORY: The first act is set in the fussily ornate apartment of Mendy, a ferociously dedicated opera buff who begs and cajoles his friend Stephen to let him borrow his copy of the pirated Maria Callas recording of La Traviata made during

Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi
Author: Terrence McNally
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1999
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822216964

THE STORY: The most controversial and talked about play of the 1998 theatrical season begins: We are going to tell you an old and familiar story. But from that point on, nothing feels quite familiar again. What follows is a story that parallels t

Lips Together, Teeth Apart

Lips Together, Teeth Apart
Author: Terrence McNally
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1992
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822206705

THE STORY: A gay community in Fire Island provides an unlikely setting for two straight couples who are discovered lounging poolside, staring out to sea. Sally, married to Sam, a New Jersey contractor, has inherited the house from her brother who died of

Master Class

Master Class
Author: Terrence McNally
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1996
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822215219

THE STORY: Maria Callas is teaching a master class in front of an audience (us). She's glamorous, commanding, larger than life--and drop-dead funny. An accompanist sits at the piano. Callas' first victim is Sophie, a ridiculous, overly-perky soprano, dre

Whiskey

Whiskey
Author: Terrence McNally
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1973
Genre: American drama
ISBN: 9780822212430

THE STORY: The title character (who remains unseen) is the equine star of television's longest-running and most popular show, in which he is partnered with The Lush Thrushes, a cowboy troupe whose members bear the names of the various brands of booze they guzzle so copiously. The group makes a rare live appearance at the Houston Astrodome, only to flop disastrously, and then retreats to their hotel where each member then reveals his (or her) innermost thoughts in hilarious detail. When the hotel catches fire they are too far gone to notice, and the epilogue finds them all in heaven-dressed in white western finery, and lamenting the fact that Whiskey, who miraculously survived the inferno, is about to become the star of a new series.

La Traviata

La Traviata
Author: Giuseppe Verdi
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 240
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457483066

Expertly arranged Vocal Score by Giuseppe Verdi from the Kalmus Edition series. This Opera Score is from the Romantic era.

Play the Scene

Play the Scene
Author: Michael Schulman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2004-12-07
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780312318796

A collection of over a hundred scenes and monologues from plays from the Elizabethan period to contemporary Tony Award winners.

Golden Age

Golden Age
Author: Terrence McNally
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2014-04-02
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0822228610

It's opening night of Vincenzo Bellini's new opera I Puritani in Paris, and the Italian composer is determined to win the adulation of not only his audience, but his colleagues and rivals as well. When the curtain falls, will a thunderous ovation cement his prominence? Or has Bellini unwittingly composed his own swan song? Blending 21st-century language with the timeless beauty of 19th-century bel canto opera, GOLDEN AGE portrays the final act of an artist whose desire for greatness has eclipsed all else.

A Perfect Ganesh

A Perfect Ganesh
Author: Terrence McNally
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1994
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822213796

"Two outwardly unremarkable, middle-aged lady friends throw themselves into a rousing tour of India, each one having her own secret dreams of what the fabled land of intoxicating opposites will do for the suffering she hides within ..."--Page 4 of cover.

Mothers and Sons

Mothers and Sons
Author: Terrence McNally
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2014-08-25
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0822231832

At turns funny and powerful, MOTHERS AND SONS portrays a woman who pays an unexpected visit to the New York apartment of her late son's partner, who is now married to another man and has a young son. Challenged to face how society has changed around her, generations collide as she revisits the past and begins to see the life her son might have led.