Good As New
by Peter Hedges

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90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American Comedy

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THE STORY: GOOD AS NEW follows the disintegration of an educated, affluent Chicago family--parents and teenage daughter--following Mom's face-lift.

Devastated by what she views as a violation of who her mother is--an enlightened feminist--the daughter

Press Reviews

"A brutal comedy on the secrets people keep. ”…Peter Hedges' marvelous coming-of-age play…GOOD AS NEW is as moving as it is funny.“ —New York Daily News. ”A wry, somber comedy…Peter Hedges' GOOD AS NEW has just enough tart observations about how a few home truths can turn the inquiring idealism of youth to disillusion…“ —Variety. ”GOOD AS NEW, Peter Hedges' smart, observant play about a middle-aged couple and their teenage daughter provides considerable food for thought…"

— Backstage

Publication

Year 1999
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822216384
ISBN-10 0822216388
LCCN 99205427
LCC PS3558.E3165 G66 1999
DCC 812/.54

Good As New is a American comedy play written by Peter Hedges and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (1999).

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