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ISBN 978-0-573-69951-1
Larry Gelbart
Comedy
3m, 1f This play was the recipient of the Selma Melvoin Playwriting Award, given by Northlight Theatre in Chicago, IL.
As Better Late opens, Julian (Nussbaum) is
forced to move in with his ex-wife and her new
husband in order to recuperate from a sudden
illness. With each passing day, the awkward situation
spirals further and further out of control.
As the laughter builds, the question becomes:
how long will Julian have to stay? This bitingly
funny December-December-December
romance is a not-to-be-missed new comedy.
“Better Late is part a damn-it-all, Mel Brooks-like
feast of sardonic one-liners in denial, and part
a sad and caustic plea for marital compassionthat
could have been penned by an octogenarian
Woody Allen, guiltily regretting one
of his failed relationships.” - Chicago Tribune.
“A breezy entertainment on serious themes,
Larry Gelbart’s Better Late
explores love, divorce, aging and death with a
mature sensibility and a decidedly mainstream
comedic tone...always diverting and admirably
unsentimental.” - Variety.
FEE: $75 per performance CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:LEE BAER - A middle-aged composer, with a tongue as sharp as the mind that hones it.NORA BAER - Four years older than Lee, his dynamic wife.BILLY COWAN - 32. Still a child of divorce.JULIAN COWAN - 73. Not one for going gently into the night.
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