Edward Albee & Molly Smith
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-03-14/edward-albee-molly-smith
Edward Albee is one of the most influential living American playwrights today. In his over fifty years of works, he's received numerous awards and the honors keep coming. A new festival of Albee's plays at Washington, DC's Arena Stage may be one of the most eclectic presentations of his work. Albee says he's unaware of any previous undertaking of this type. Among his more revered plays are "A Delicate Balance," "The Zoo Story," "Three Tall Women," and "Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Guests
Edward Albee
an American playwright who is best known for "The Zoo Story," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "A Delicate Balance" and "Three Tall Women." He received three Pulitzer Prizes for drama; a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement; the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; as well as the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts.
Molly Smith
the artistic director of Arena Stage in Washington D.C.
Related Video
An excerpt from Steppenwolf Theater Company's 2011 production of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" at Arena Stage is provided and reproduced by kind permission of Steppenwolf Theater Company and Arena Stage. The actors featured are Tracy Letts as George, Amy Morton as Martha, Carrie Coon as Honey and Madison Dirks as Nick. The production runs at Arena Stage through April 10, 2011:
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I am so looking forward to hearing Edward Albee. I have seen many plays and I have to say, "Three Tall Women" is by far my favorite. I saw it in London in the 90's, Maggie Smith was fantastic but the storyline has been one that has caused me to consider how I live my life. I would travel to see this play again!
happy birthday!
just a funny little story about The Zoo Story:
I did a long scene from "Virginia Woolf" in high school, so when I later was studying drama at Vanderbilt under Dr Cecil D. Jones, Jr., I picked a scene from "The Zoo Story" as my final exam.
I think we did well with the scene, because while practicing the knife-wielding scene outside the Vanderbilt Theatre, we suddenly found most of the Vanderbilt Security Department suddenly moving in for a closer view!
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" is playing right now in the Tampa area, a testament to the continuing strength of Albee's works.
Nick Glover
Mr. Albee, how does a young playwright get his or her first play staged in Washington or other cities? Thanks for your comments!
Ms. Smith, how does a young playwright get his or her first play staged in Washington or other cities? Thanks for your comments!
Several years ago the 12-year-old daughter of a friend had a supporting role in a television dramatic series. On our first acquaintance I asked her how she liked being on TV and she replied, while casually tossing around a beach ball, "I like it okay, but the character I really want to play is Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf." While I initially wondered what this particular 12-year-old's home life was like, I've since met others who were early acquainted with -- and fascinated by -- this taxing, exhausting and ultimately moving American classic.
I marvel at how Edward Albee so well captures the dynamic between two people who are able to hurt each other because they alone understand each others pain. The couple's behavior is a twisted memorial to the child they lost. Yet they don't blame each other directly for that loss (at least not to my recollection of the play). They stay together. Why? Do they need to re-tell this story, again and again, taking others down with them? This play has held up well over time. The actors in this performance are great. Thank you, Edward Albee, for an unforgettable play.
Your voice and attitude remind me so much of my grandfather's -- Louis Untermeyer. I wonder if you knew him?
Sheila
漏洞与补丁齐飞，蓝屏共死机一色,！