The Michaels
Play Description
Subtitled CONVERSATIONS DURING DIFFICULT TIMES, this is Part One of The Michaels duology. The play places the audience directly into the kitchen of Rose Michael, a celebrated choreographer. Dinner is cooked, modern dances are rehearsed, and the meal is eaten — all amidst conversations about art, death, family, dance, politics, the state of America, and how the world sees our country … and a host of everyday questions that make up the richness of ordinary life.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (6 female, 1 male)Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
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- About the Book
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Press Quotes
“THE MICHAELS is as hopeful as it is heartbreaking.” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times
“Nelson builds characters who are rich in spirit and soul and sets them in motion like tops.” —Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker
“Transfixing.” —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
“A tenderly moving drama about a modern dance choreographer facing mortality, and the effect of this brilliant, challenging woman on the people around her.” —Diane Snyder, Time Out
“In its distinctive way it edges into and out of so many emotional territories and registers; it shows how the epic and the everyday can be close cousins; and how the mundane and shattering can unfold as you wash a glass, or bake a quiche.” —Tim Teeman, Daily Beast
Five Stars. “Dinner is prepared, songs are sung, stories are told, dances are rehearsed, and the meal is eaten — all amidst conversations about art, death, family, dance, politics, how the world sees America … The play portrays a modesty and an enduring faith in the validity of simple human interaction.” —David Walters, New York Theater Guide
Five Stars. “Immensely rewarding.” —Steven Suskin, New York Stage Review
“THE MICHAELS seduces with the details, caught on the fly, of lives well-lived in spite of everything. The play is a balm for troubled spirits.” —David Barbour, L&S America
“Magnificent.” —Christopher Byrne, Gay City News
Book Information
Publisher | BPPI |
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Publication Date | 12/8/2021 |
Pages | 106 |
ISBN | 9780881459142 |
Special Notes
If original stage producers credits appear in bold below, all licensees are required to include them in the following form on the title page in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play and in all advertising in which the full cast appears in size of type not less than ten percent (10%) of the size of the title of the Play:
THE MICHAELS premiered at The Public Theater in October 2019
In addition, the following must appear within all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play:
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypub.com