Buffalo theatre ensemble presents this touching romantic comedy by one of the countrys leading playwrights, terrence mcnally. Hisandher nudity is front and center in frankie and. It portrays our need for love, our fear of intimacy and the inner conflicts and pain that prevent us from truly reaching each other. The setting is a walkup apartment on manhattans west side where, as the curtain rises, frankie a waitress and johnny a shortorder cook who. Spike lee shares script for unmade jackie robinson. Frankie and johnny script transcript from the screenplay. As the curtain rises, frankie a waitress and johnny are discovered in bed. Mcdonalds frankie is perhaps more vulnerable and jittery than the script calls for at times but shows inner strength and fire when needed.
Frankie, a waitress, and johnny, a shortorder cook, fall into bed. In this opening season, frankie and johnny were played by kathy bates and f. Joan marcus where mcnally goes wrong is in his second act, which remains, as it was when the play was first produced, something of a replay of the. The play focuses on two lonely, middleaged people whose first date ends with their tumbling into bed. Mcnallys career has been on a steady upward swing ever since. Sullivan has restored integrity to mcnallys script through this multi. Audra mcdonald and michael shannon on frankie and johnny. Through frankie and johnnys tentative romantic beginnings, and their complicated but sweet hope for a good prospects together, the audience. Jessica robblee and bill hahn are two of the best actors denver has to offer. Mcdonald is being called upon to play a workingclass waitress who, according to the script, is a woman of striking but not conventional good. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and or viewings of frankie and johnny. It did, and while it featured no big name stars, the production did honor to the play. The smart author of the script is terrence mcnally, who has tucked.
This onenight stand asks all the questions we are afraid to ask ourselves about loveand if we are really. Terrence mcnally as seen by critics in the new york times. Dramatists play service, one of the premier playlicensing and theatrical publishing agencies in the world, was formed in 1936 to foster national opportunities for playwrights by publishing affordable editions of their plays and handling the performance rights to these works. It is their first encounter, after having met several weeks ago on the job, and frankie is hopeful that johnny will now put on his clothes and depart, so she can return to her usual routine of watching tv and eating ice cream. Sep 05, 2017 classic instrumental music and movie soundtrack. Get a free mp3 of claude debussy suite bergamasque.
Restaurant coworkers frankie and johnny have been on one date, and theyve slept together, and thats it as far as frankie is concerned. Chambers frankie and johnny finds sensitive souls under the sheets by gwen rice, special to onmilwaukee. Dps offers an extensive list of titles that includes many of the most significant plays of the past century. I remembered this time back in high school when i was making out with this really beautiful girl and was feeling incredibly suave and sophisticated and wondering if anybody would believe my good fortune and worrying if she was going to let me go all the way i think it would have been her first time too. Produced by miners alley playhouse 1224 washington, golden through march 1. Terrence mcnally the setting is a walkup apartment on manhattans west side where, as the curtain rises, frankie a waitress and johnny a shortorder cook who works in the same restaurant are discovered in bed. I remembered this time back in high school when i was making out with this really beautiful girl and was feeling incredibly suave and sophisticated and wondering if. Frankie and johnny are married 2003 is a comedy film that refers to mcnallys play. What theyre doing in your bed is easy or at least it used to be back before we had to start checking each other out. It was revived in 2003 and ultimately ran a little less than a year on broadway.
Chambers frankie and johnny finds sensitive souls under. In 1930 director and actor john huston wrote and produced a puppet play titled frankie and johnnie based on the frankie baker case. A beautiful play by one of my favorite playwrights. Finally, the frankie and johnny script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the al pacino and michelle pfeiffer movie. Frankie and johnny 1991 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. The twocharacter play, a star vehicle for stanley tucci and edie falco on broadway, is a. Terrence mcnally is the author of numerous plays, including love. Although mcnallys script sometimes tries to tug us over to johnny s side, and make frankie seem simply scarred instead of smart, shes not. The script is driven by johnny s blunt declarations of love but also his determination to turn what for frankie was always likely to be a one night.