August: Osage County

-"Superior Donuts." Michael McKean stars as the owner of a rundown Chicago doughnut shop in a new play by Tracy Letts, author of "August: Osage County." Music Box. Telecharge. -"The 39 Steps." A stage adaptation by Patrick Barlow of...

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...will feature Foster (Shrek, Thoroughly Modern Millie) as gym teacher Ms. Gardner, Mazzie (Passion, Ragtime) as Margaret White, Molly Ranson (August: Osage County) as Carrie and Damiano (Next to Normal, Spring Awakening) as Sue. Also revealed...

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...Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee revolves around dysfunctional domestic relationships. Now, Tracy Letts joins the club with AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, his savagely funny and compelling indictment of where the American Dream went wrong.

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...the end of the first scene, this play has veered away from Simon and more firmly into the dysfunctional territory of Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County," albeit with copious Yiddish interjections. There is, of course, a grand, ecumenical...

In this article: Neil Simon, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, and Derivative

...for his lead role in "Othello." The awards will be announced on November 23. Following is a list of the nominations: Best Play - August: Osage County/Tracy Letts; Enron/Lucy Prebble; Jerusalem/Jez Butterworth; Punk Rock/Simon...

In this article: Enron, Jerusalem, Rachel Weisz, A Streetcar Named Desire, Mark Rylance, and Lenny Henry

...life in America and in Britain are shortlisted for the London Evening Standard Theater Awards. Tracy Letts' epic American family saga "August: Osage County" is shortlisted for best play, alongside "Jerusalem" by Jez Butterworth -- a play...

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Anyone looking for a master class in great acting ought to rush down to the Canon Theatre, where Estelle Parsons opened Thursday night in August: Osage County. As the venomous Violet Weston, the "truth-telling," pill-popping matriarch of a...

In this article: Tracy Letts, Estelle Parsons, Anna D. Shapiro, and Zingers

Originally published October 28, 2009 at 10:27 PM | Page modified October 29, 2009 at 12:31 AM Review: 'August: Osage County' blows the doors off the closet, and skeletons tumble out Review: "August: Osage County" is the Great American...

In this article: Tracy Letts, Estelle Parsons, Cancer, Seattle, Oklahoma, Shannon Cochran, and Suicide

Originally published Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 12:03 AM This week in arts and entertainment: Broadcast at Neumo's; 'Psycho' and 'August: Osage County' Mountaineer Ed Viesturs, Morris Graves and the score of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho"...

In this article: Psycho, Halloween, Pumpkin, Seattle, Oscar, Independent Film Channel, Steppenwolf Theatre, Seattle Symphony, and Seattle Times

Originally published Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:06 AM Dynamo Estelle Parsons explores her dark side in 'August: Osage County' Veteran actress Estelle Parsons is 81 and on the road with "August: Osage County," coming to Seattle's...

In this article: Estelle Parsons, Oscar, Tracy Letts, Seattle, Broadway, and Deanna Dunagan