Lips Together, Teeth Apart is a full-length drama by Terrence McNally. On the elegant deck of a beach house on Fire Island, a brother and sister and their respective spouses attempt to celebrate the Fourth of July with a gnawing uncertainty that makes their affluent habits . Ambitious, poignant, and often riotously funny, Terrence McNally’s "Lips Together, Teeth Apart" is an indictment of ignorance and stagnancy in the fight against AIDS, as well as a powerful look inside dissolving marriages, lost hopes and dreams, and the looming, capricious nature of death. A play: Lips T0gether, Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally List Progress: 26/30 It’s a classic theater set-up: two couples in a single location, usually somewhere designed for leisure, trading barbs and witty repartee. Parlor dramas, drawing-room comedies: these types of plays are fun to write and easy to stage, so it’s clear to see why they are so popular/5.
When Terrence McNally premiered Lips Together, Teeth Apart in , the world was in the throes of fear over the AIDS epidemic. This long three-act play about how two straight couples deal with their reaction to it must have seemed topical and profound at the time. All Together, All Isolated, at the Beach. The summer ocean swells ominously, and even the beckoning swimming pool proves uninviting in Terrence McNally's play "Lips Together, Teeth Apart. Lips Together, Teeth Apart. Lips Together, Teeth Apart is a play by American playwright Terrence McNally. The play, which premiered Off-Broadway in , concerns two straight couples who spend a weekend in a gay community.
Ambitious, poignant, and often riotously funny, Terrence McNally’s "Lips Together, Teeth Apart" is an indictment of ignorance and stagnancy in the fight against AIDS, as well as a powerful look inside dissolving marriages, lost hopes and dreams, and the looming, capricious nature of death. Lips Together, Teeth Apart is a play by American playwright Terrence McNally. The play, which premiered Off-Broadway in , concerns two straight couples who spend a weekend in a gay community. Lips Together, Teeth Apart. Terrence McNally. Dramatists Play Service Inc, - Drama - 89 pages. 1 Review. THE STORY: A gay community in Fire Island provides an unlikely setting for two straight.
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