Cakewalk
by Peter S Feibleman, Dramatists Play Service, Peter Feibleman

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90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Synopsis

Broadway legend Elaine Stritch stars as literary legend Lillian Hellman in this beguiling account of Hellman s tumultuous relationship across several decades with a man 25 years her junior, played by Oscar-nominee Bruce Davison.

Featuring music by Carly Simon.

A L.A.

Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Elaine Stritch, Samantha Bennett, Bruce Davison, Claudette Nevins and Raphael Sbarge.

Press Reviews

"A brisk romp…CAKEWALK traffics in its heroine's private passions.“ —The New York Times. ”…the play emerges as bright, brittle…bewitchingly entertaining…The play is well-crafted and witty—the crisp one-liners, mostly poised indulgently between epigram and insult, are a particular joy, whether they emanate from Hellman, Feibleman or the osmosis of thin air…CAKEWALK is up and strutting.“ —New York Post. ”Vivid scene follows vivid scene…an improbable love story that has about it a steadfastness of talent and a kind of cruel nobility.“ —Boston Globe. ”…in CAKEWALK, Peter Feibleman has written an absorbing and moving drama, one that paints a vivid portrait of a sharp, complex woman whose vitriol barely safeguarded her vulnerabilities…“ —New York Law Journal. ”A witty and tender play…"

— ABC News

Publication

Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822215936
ISBN-10 0822215934

Cakewalk is a American play written by Peter S Feibleman and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).

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