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Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune is a two-character play by Terrence McNally that was first performed off-Broadway in 1987. Plot. The play opens in the dark with a couple making love in her one-room walk-up apartment in the west side of Manhattan.
- Terrence McNally
- 1988
A revival of Terrence McNally’s 1987 play about a one-night stand in the AIDS era, starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon. The review praises the cast’s warmth and chemistry, but notes the play’s lack of subtext in a modern context.
Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and two-time Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Michael Shannon turn up the heat as two lonely souls who meet for a one-night-stand—but discover a...
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- The Tony Awards
Jul 28, 2019 · Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon starred in the 2019 Broadway revival of Terrence McNally's two-hander about a one-night-stand. The show closed on July 28, 2019 and is no longer available for tickets.
May 31, 2019 · When Terrence McNally’s Frankie and Johnny In The Clair de Lune premiered Off Broadway in 1987, critics saw a sidelong glance at the AIDS crisis and the toll it took on intimacy.
Oct 18, 2021 · Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune : a play. The setting is a walk-up apartment on Manhattan's West Side where, as the curtain rises, Frankie (a waitress) and Johnny (a short-order cook who works in the same restaurant) are discovered in bed.
May 30, 2019 · Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, about one very long night in which two lonely souls debate whether or not to take a chance on love, is a veritable feast for actors. And in the new...
