John Rustan and Frank Semerano Samuel French Thug and Spuds A slime-ball named Coins Fontaine has cashed in. When his account is closed, there’s evidence of foul play. Who would want to kill Coins? Everybody! The fingers of suspicion especially point to Coins’ hot young widow, a woman with...
Sarah Ruhl Samuel French Stranger and Jean An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man – with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient and Pulitzer...
Sarah Ruhl Samuel French Lorenzo and Frank Tilly’s melancholy is of an exquisite quality. She turns her melancholy into a sexy thing, and every stranger she meets falls in love with her. One day, inexplicably, Tilly becomes happy, and wreaks havoc on the lives of her paramours. Frances, Tilly’s hairdresser,...
Paul Rudnick Dramatists Play Service Andrew and Barrymore THE STORY: Andrew Rally seems to have it all: celebrity and acclaim from his starring role in a hit television series; a rich, beautiful girlfriend; a glamorous, devoted agent; the perfect New York apartment; and the chance to play Hamlet in Central...
Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II R&H Library Ado Annie and Gertie The first collaboration of famed partners Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Oklahoma! set the American musical theatre standard. Set in Western Indian Territory just after the turn of the 20th Century, the spirited rivalry...
David Rogers Dramatic Publishing Tom and Fitzpatrick This play captures the skylarking spirit of Fielding’s comic masterpiece, and it’s a hit with high schools, colleges and stock. It’s set simply in drapes with a few props. Young Tom Jones, foundling and ward of Squire Allworthy, is deeply...
RT Robinson Samuel French Weetsie and Sybil Tood, Weetsie, and Sybill are brides in rural Louisiana in 1943. Each married a Cliffert brother. The men are off to war and a local news story about these young wives keeping the home fires burning intrigues Henry Luce. He decides that they belong on the cover...
David Rimmer Dramatists Play Service Boo and Billy THE STORY: Divided into eight scenes, which span their years at Martin Van Buren High School, the play chronicles the coming of age of two teenaged couples during the turbulent sixties. The language is frank, but unfailingly funny, as the four struggle...
Stephen Sondheim and George Furth Dramatists Play Service Charmaine and JR THE STORY: The esteemed and retired Dr. Conrad Bering has selected, out of countless applicants, several individuals for private as well as Group therapy. It seems this Pulitzer Prize- winning doctor might be writing another book...
