Naomi in the Living Room and Other Short Plays

by Christopher Durang, Wendy Wasserstein

Contains among others:

Phyllis and Xenobia
A short short play about two sisters, featuring pudding.

Genres: Plays, School, Theatre, Humor, Drama

273 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[notgettingenough · Rating 4 out of 5]

I confess I hadn't heard of Durang until seeing one of his short plays at Holden St Theatres on Saturday night. The Book of Leviticus Show. Although this collection has a parody section, it's interesting to see it listed under 'political'. Oh yes. That election coming up.

If you are still undecided for whom to vote, do watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA2A8...

[Evoli · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am only rating the "Naomi in the Living Room" play.

[Eg · Rating 4 out of 5]

We get the idea the protagonist woman is really insane by all means. Her behavior is over any kind of critique. However, all that is just a pretend.

[Thomas Correnti]

I won’t score it since I only read “Naomi in the Living Room” and I don’t want to be unfair to the other stories but I would personally give JUST THAT ONE a 4/10 I guess. Perfectly serviceable, but it was far too short to leave any lasting impact and it kept bouncing from what it wanted to be in terms of drama or comedy, just leaving me confused. Sorry

[behsforensics]

Cutting is for DMV Tyrant
By Christopher Durang

Another cutting is for Funeral Parlor
By Christopher Durang

[Tom Cork · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read "Woman Stand-Up." It's one of the funniest things I've ever read. I don't know why, and I can't even explain it. Durang writes from a very painful place, but his happens to be comedic. Hooray for pain!